Human antiretinal antibodies in toxoplasma retinochoroiditis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1017-1021

  Whittle, R M ^a   Wallace, G R ^a   Whiston, R A ^a   Dumonde, D C ^a   Stanford, M R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; RETINA S ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CHORIORETINITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA VASCULITIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 0031709468     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.9.1017     Document Type: Article

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