Autoantibodies in patients with glaucoma: A comparison of IgG serum antibodies against retinal, optic nerve, and optic nerve head antigens

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 243, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 817-823

  Joachim, Stephanie C ^a   Pfeiffer, Norbert ^a   Grus, Franz H ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VOLUNTEER;

AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; AUTOANTIGENS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE; RETINA;

EID: 24944585202     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-004-1094-5     Document Type: Article

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