Are cytokine patterns in aqueous humour useful in distinguishing corneal graft rejection from opacification due to herpetic stromal keratitis?

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 171-182

  Van Gelderen, B Elske ^a   Van Der Lelij, Allegonda ^b   Völker Dieben, Hennie J M ^c   Van Der Gaag, Ruth ^a   Peek, Ron ^a   Treffers, W Frits ^d  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aqueous humour; Cornea; Cytokine; Herpes simplex virus; Rejection

Indexed keywords

ANTIVIRUS AGENT; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD EYE BARRIER; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPES SIMPLEX KERATITIS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CYTOKINES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; GRAFT REJECTION; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HUMANS; KERATITIS, HERPETIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033302925     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002734709753     Document Type: Article

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