The importance of plasma polymorphonuclear (PMN) elastase determination in patients with uveitis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 287-289

  Akyol, Nurettin ^a,b   Deǧer, Orhan ^a   Erdöl, Hidayet ^a   Gedik, Yusuf ^a   Örem, Asim ^a   Imamoglu, Halil Ibrahim ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Inflammation; PMN elastase; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOSPORIN; LEUKOCYTE ELASTASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; UVEITIS;

EID: 1842372025     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00775.x     Document Type: Article

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