Prevalence and levels of serum antibodies to gram negative microorganisms in Turkish patients with HLA-B27 positive acute anterior uveitis and controls

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 293-299

  Onal, Sumru ^a,b   Kazokoglu, Haluk ^a   Incili, Burcin ^a   Demiralp, Emel Eksioglu ^a   Yavuz, Sule ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Altunizade Mah   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Acute anterior uveitis; Gram negative microorganisms; HLA B27

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; HLA B27 ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

ACUTE ANTERIOR UVEITIS; ADULT; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UVEITIS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HLA-B27 ANTIGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; TURKEY; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 33750323260     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09273940600977241     Document Type: Article

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