Intraocular anti-Toxoplasma gondii IgA antibody production in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 294-300

  Ronday, Marjolein J H ^a   Ongkosuwito, Jenny V ^a,b   Rothova, Aniki ^a,c   Kijlstra, Aize ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCING CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, PROTOZOAN; ANTIBODY FORMATION; CHILD; DNA, PROTOZOAN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOXOPLASMA; TOXOPLASMOSIS, OCULAR; UVEITIS;

EID: 0033105767     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(98)00337-7     Document Type: Article

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