The pathogenesis of Acanthamoeba keratitis

Microbes and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 437-443

  Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^a   Alizadeh, Hassan ^a   Leher, Henry ^a   McCulley, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amoeba; Cornea; Keratitis; Ocular; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; APOPTOSIS; CELL ADHESION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLYSIS; CYTOPATHOGENIC EFFECT; ENZYME RELEASE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; KERATITIS; NEURITIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ACANTHAMOEBA; PROTOZOA;

EID: 0032741622     PISSN: 12864579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1286-4579(99)80047-1     Document Type: Article

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