Interferon gamma immunoreactivity in iris nerve fibres during endotoxin induced uveitis in the rat

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 695-699

  Yang, Peizeng ^a,b   De Vos, Alex F ^a   Kijlstra, Aize ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; ENDOTOXIN; GAMMA INTERFERON; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; IRIS; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MONOCYTE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; UVEITIS;

EID: 0031749842     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.6.695     Document Type: Article

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