Immunogenetic and microbial factors in acute anterior uveitis

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 102-108

  Careless, David J ^a   Chiu, Basil ^a   Rabinovitch, Theodore ^a   Wade, Judy ^a   Inman, Robert D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

HLA B27; spondyloarthropathy; uveitis

Indexed keywords

HLA B27 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGENETICS; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPONDYLOARTHROPATHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASES; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA INFECTIONS;

EID: 0031034912     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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