Cytokines in ocular allergy

International Ophthalmology Clinics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-32

  Bonini, Stefano ^a   Lambiase, Alessandro ^a   Sacchetti, Marta ^a   Bonini, Sergio ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 3; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 5; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ALLERGY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVITIS; EYE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037412671     PISSN: 00208167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004397-200343010-00005     Document Type: Article

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