Uveitogenic 28/30 kD and 43 kD polypeptides in pigment epithelial membranes of the retina

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 19-26

  Broekhuyse, René M ^a   Kuhlmann, Eleonora D ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Experimental autoimmune pigment epithelial protein induced; PEP 28 30; PEP 43; PEP 65; Retinal pigment epithelial membrane polypeptides; uveitis (EAPU)

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOROIDITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RAT; UVEITIS;

EID: 0030990725     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273949709085046     Document Type: Article

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