Neutrophil and eosinophil participation in atopic and vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 319-325

  Trocme, Stefan D ^a   Leiferman, K M ^b   George, T ^b   Bonini, S ^c   Foster, C Stephen ^d   Smit, E E ^a   Sra, S K ^a   Grabowski, L R ^a   Dohlman, C H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^d MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atopic keratoconjunctivitis; Conjunctival epithelium; Eosinophil major basic protein; Neutrophil elastase; Vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Indexed keywords

LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MAJOR BASIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CELL FUNCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADULT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; EOSINOPHIL GRANULE PROTEINS; EOSINOPHILS; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION MEDIATORS; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RIBONUCLEASES;

EID: 0042668455     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.26.5.319.15437     Document Type: Article

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