Conjunctival mucin deficiency in complete androgen insensitivity syndrome (CAIS)

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 899-902

  Mantelli, Flavio ^a   Moretti, Costanzo ^b   Micera, Alessandra ^c   Bonini, Stefano ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Androgens; CAIS; Dry eye; Mucins; Ocular surface

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MUCIN 1; MUCIN 5AC;

ADULT; ANDROGEN INSENSITIVITY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DRY EYE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL GLAND FUNCTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEAR FILM; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 34249303415     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0452-x     Document Type: Article

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