Antibodies to inner ear antigens in Meniere's disease

Clinical and Experimental Immunology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 159-163

  Riente, L ^a   Bongiorni, F ^a   Nacci, A ^a   Migliorini, P ^a   Segnini, G ^a   Delle Sedie, A ^a   Ursino, F ^a   Tommasi, S ^a   Fattori, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Autoimmunity; Inner ear; Meniere's disease; Sensorineural hearing loss

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN ANTIBODY; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY COMPLEX; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ANTIGENICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENIERE DISEASE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATTLE; EAR, INNER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MENIERE'S DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SPLEEN;

EID: 0347949507     PISSN: 00099104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2249.2004.02317.x     Document Type: Article

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