Elevated levels of substance P in tears of patients with allergic conjunctivitis and vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Clinical and Experimental Allergy

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 372-378

  Fujishima, H ^a,b   Takeyama, M ^c   Takeuchi, T ^d   Saito, I ^e   Tsubota, K ^a,b  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Enzyme immunoassay; Ocular allergic disease; Substance P; Tears

Indexed keywords

SUBSTANCE P;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 0030934149     PISSN: 09547894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2222.1997.tb00721.x     Document Type: Article

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