Antibacterial protection of the ocular surface

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-8

  Pleyer, Uwe ^a   Baatz, Holger ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial infection; Complement; Conjunctivitis; Cytokines; Host defense; Immunoglobulin; Keratitis; Langerhans cells

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT; CYTOKINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

CONJUNCTIVITIS; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LANGERHANS CELL; REVIEW; TEAR FILM;

EID: 0031050009     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310878     Document Type: Article

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