Decreased tear lactoferrin concentration in patients with chronic hepatitis C

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 684-687

  Abe, Tohru ^a   Nakajima, Ako ^a   Matsunaga, Mutsumi ^a   Sakuragi, Shozo ^a   Komatsu, Masafumi ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; ROSE BENGAL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC HEPATITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL GLAND; LACRIMATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

EID: 0033052821     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.6.684     Document Type: Article

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