Lactoferrin in tears in contact lens wearers

CLAO Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 127-129

  Cabrera, María Josefa Velasco ^a,b   Sánchez, José García ^a   Rodríguez, Francisco Javier Bermúdez ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLYL SULFIDE; LACTOFERRIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LACRIMAL GLAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLARY CONJUNCTIVITIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CONTACT LENSES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; REFERENCE VALUES; TEARS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030988499     PISSN: 07338902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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