Differences between intraocular and serum antibody responses in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 698-706

  Klaren, Vincent N A ^a   Van Doornik, Claudia E M ^a   Ongkosuwito, Jenny V ^a   Feron, Eric J ^b   Kijlstra, Aize ^a,c  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIGENS, PROTOZOAN; AQUEOUS HUMOR; EPITOPES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PROTOZOAN PROTEINS; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0032213661     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00116-0     Document Type: Article

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