Nerve growth factor and eosinophils in inflamed juvenile conjunctival nevus

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1850-1856

  Levi Schaffer, Francesca ^a   Micera, Alessandra ^a   Zamir, Ehud ^a   Mechoulam, Hadas ^a   Puxeddu, Ilaria ^a   Piliponsky, Adrian M ^a   Aloe, Luigi ^a   Pe'er, Jacob ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EOSINOPHIL CATIONIC PROTEIN; EOSINOPHIL PEROXIDASE; MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; TRYPAN BLUE; TRYPTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL ADHESION; CELL SORTER; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA TUMOR; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL; EOSINOPHILIA; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISRAEL; MALE; MAST CELL; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHILD; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; CONJUNCTIVAL NEOPLASMS; CONJUNCTIVITIS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MAST CELLS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEVUS; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RIBONUCLEASES; RNA, MESSENGER; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0036274388     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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