Immunopathogenesis of conjunctival remodelling in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 71-79

  Abu El Asrar, A M ^a   Al Mansouri, S ^a   Tabbara, K F ^a   Missotten, L ^b   Geboes, K ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Allergy; Conjunctiva; Growth factors; Integrins; Ki67 antigen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA3 INTEGRIN; ALPHA6 INTEGRIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; INTEGRIN RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNTIVA REMODELING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOGENESIS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 30744435887     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6701811     Document Type: Article

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