The application of counter immunoelectrophoresis (CIE) in ocular protein studies. Part I: Time dependent deposition patterns of immunoregulatory proteins on anionic hydrogel contact lenses

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 73-80

  Mann, Aisling M ^a   Jones, Lyndon W ^a   Tighe, Brian J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Counter immunoelectrophoresis; Patient comfort; Protein deposition; Time dependency

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANION; EYE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; KININOGEN; LACTOFERRIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLEANING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNTER IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; DISINFECTION; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYDROGEL; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SOFT CONTACT LENS; TIME;

EID: 0036330581     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-0484(02)00003-6     Document Type: Article

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