Macrophage migration inhibitory factor levels in the vitreous of patients with proliferative vitreoretinopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 763-765

  Mitamura, Yoshinori ^a   Takeuchi, Shinobu ^a   Matsuda, Akira ^b   Tagawa, Yoshitsugu ^b   Mizue, Yuka ^c   Nishihira, Jun ^b  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY SAKURA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Sapporo Immunodiagnostic Laboratory   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; TISSUE LEVEL; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0033461166     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00368-2     Document Type: Article

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