Pleomorphism of stromal eosinophils in murine experimental onchocercal keratitis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 157-163

  Bardenstein, David S ^a,c   Lass, Jonathan H ^a   Kazura, James W ^b   Pearlman, Eric ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Eosinophil; Keratitis; Murine; Onchocerca; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GRANULE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EOSINOPHIL; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCHOCERCIASIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030764140     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273949709116890     Document Type: Article

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