Demonstration of autoantibodies to the endolymphatic sac in Meniere's disease

Laryngoscope

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 211-215

  Alleman, Anthony M ^a   Dornhoffer, John L ^a   Kaufman Arenberg, I ^b   Walker, Patrick D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Ear Center   (United States)

^c John L McClellan Mem Vet Aff H   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibody; Autoimmune mechanism; Endolymphatic sac; Fluorescence microscopy; Indirect immunohistochemistry; Meniere's disease

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENDOLYMPHATIC SAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031038656     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199702000-00013     Document Type: Article

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