Tear lipocalin and the eye's front line of defence

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 453-455

  Gachon, Anne Marie Françoise ^b   Lacazette, Eric ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTATIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; LACTOFERRIN; LIPOCALIN; LYSOZYME;

CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE PROTECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; LACRIMAL FLUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0031966789     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.4.453     Document Type: Short Survey

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