Quantitative evaluation of inflammatory cells in seasonal allergic conjunctivitis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-3

  Nomura, Keiko ^a   Takamura, Etsuko ^a   Murata, Mayumi ^a   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^b   Uechi, Kazuko ^b  

^a TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brush cytology; Eosinophils; Household dust; Japanese cedar pollen; Lymphocytes; Mites; Neutrophils

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DERMATOPHAGOIDES PTERONYSSINUS; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; POLLEN;

EID: 0031060517     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310855     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. Allansmith MR, Baird RS: Mast cells in ocular tissues of normal rats and rats infected with Nip-poslrongyltts brasiliensis. Invest Ophthalmol 1979;18:863-867.
2. Friedlacnder MH, Okumoto M, Kelley J: Diagnosis of allergic conjunctivitis. Arch Ophthalmol 1984;102:1198-1199.
3. Friedlaender MH: Conjunctivitis ofallergic origin: Clinical presentation and differential diagnosis. Surv Ophthalmol 1993;38(suppl): 105-114.
4. Allansmith MR, Ross RN: Ocular allergy. Clin Allergy 1988:18:1 13.
5. Yasueda H, Yui Y, Shimizu T, Shida T: Isolation and partial characterization of the major allergen from Japanese cedar pollen. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1983;71:77-86.
6. Tsubota K, Takamura E, Hasegavva T, Kobayashi T: Detection by brush cytology of mast cells and eosinophils in allergic and vernal conjunctivitis. Cornea 1991; 10:525-531.
7. Tsubota K, Kajiwara K, Ugajin S, Hasegawa T: Conjunctival brush cytology. Acta Cytol 1990; 34:233-235.
8. Bonini S, Bonini S, Bucci MG, Berruto A, Adriani E, Balsano F, Allansmith MR: Allergen dose response and late symptoms in a human model ofocularallergy. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1990;86:869-876.
9. Andrea L, Secchi AG, Rebecca B, Allansmith MR: Conjunctival mast cells and the allergic late phase reaction. Ophthalmic Rec 1992;24: 234-242.
10. Fujisawa T, Kephart GM, Gray BH, Gleich GJ: The neutrophil and chronic allergic inflammation. Am Rev Respir Dis 1990; 141:689-697.
11. Allansmith MR, Greiner JV, Baird RS: Number of inflammatory cells in the normal conjunctiva. Am J Ophthalmol 1978;86:250-259.
12. Bonini S, Vecchione A, Nami DM, Balsano F, Allansmith MR: Inflammatory changes in conjunctival scrapings after allergen provocation in humans. J Allergy Clin Immunol 1988:82:462-469.
13. Abelson MB, Madiwale N, Weston JH: Conjunctival eosinophils in allergic ocular disease. Arch Ophthalmol 1983:101:555-556.