Role of tear anti-Acanthamoeba IgA in Acanthamoeba keratitis

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 B, Issue , 2002, Pages 845-850

  Niederkorn, J Y ^a   Alizadeh, H ^a   Leher, H ^a   Apte, S ^a   El Agha, S ^a   Ling, L ^a   Hurt, M ^a   Howard, K ^a   Cavanagh, H D ^a   McCulley, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARASITE ANTIBODY; PARASITE ANTIGEN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; ACANTHAMOEBA KERATITIS; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTION; EYE PROTECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION RESISTANCE; LACRIMAL FLUID; MUCOSAL IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RISK FACTOR; TROPHOZOITE;

ACANTHAMOEBA;

EID: 0036931111     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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