Inflammatory mediators of uveitis: Cytokines and chemokines

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 532-537

  Curnow, S John ^a,b   Murray, Philip I ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemokine; Cytokine; Multiplexed bead immunoassays; Uveitis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE; CYTOKINE;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; UVEITIS;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHEMOKINES; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UVEITIS;

EID: 33750487482     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32801094b5     Document Type: Review

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