HLA and eye disease: A synopsis

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 333-342

  Goverdhan, S V ^a,b   Lotery, Andrew J ^a,b   Howell, W M ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NHS BLOOD AND TRANSPLANT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; DNA; FAS LIGAND; GENE PRODUCT; HLA A ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 2; HLA B ANTIGEN; HLA C ANTIGEN; HLA DP ANTIGEN; HLA DQ ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; BEHCET DISEASE; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHROMOSOME 6P; CHRONIC ARTHRITIS; COGAN SYNDROME; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA RODENT ULCER; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEA ULCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRY EYE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; GENE FREQUENCY; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; IRITIS; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MUCOUS MEMBRANE PEMPHIGOID; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; OCULAR HISTOPLASMOSIS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTATE KERATITIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA PIGMENT EPITHELIOPATHY; RETINA VASCULITIS; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SCLERITIS; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEMPORAL ARTERITIS; UVEITIS; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; EYE DISEASES; HLA ANTIGENS; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

RODENTIA;

EID: 28444437776     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2005.00548.x     Document Type: Review

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