Soluble interleukin-2 receptors and serum autoantibodies in dry eye patients: Correlation with lacrimal gland function

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 339-344

  Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Fujihara, Tsutomu ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^c  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Gastroenterology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; IL 2; Lacrimal gland function; Sjogren's syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; FLUORESCEIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; ROSE BENGAL; SOLUBILITY; TEARS;

EID: 0030888499     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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