Acanthamoebae bind to rabbit corneal epithelium in vitro

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1858-1864

  Panjwani, Noorjahan ^a   Zhao, Zheng ^a   Baum, Jules ^a   Hazlett, Linda D ^b   Yang, Zhantao ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acanthamoeba keratitis; Animal model; Corneal epithelium; Corneal injury; Rabbit; Sugar inhibition

Indexed keywords

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; KERATITIS; NONHUMAN; PARASITE VIRULENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ANIMALS; CELL ADHESION; CORNEA; CRICETINAE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EPITHELIUM; EYE INJURIES; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; FUCOSE; GALACTOSE; HUMANS; METHYLMANNOSIDES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030772983     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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