Positive correlation between pigment epithelium-derived factor and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 levels in the aqueous humour of patients with uveitis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 91, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 737-738

  Yoshida, Yumiko ^a   Yamagishi, Sho Ichi ^a   Matsui, Takanori ^a   Nakamura, Kazuo ^a   Imaizumi, Tsutomu ^a   Yoshimura, Koichi ^a   Yamakawa, Ryoji ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; UVEITIS;

AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATARACT; CHEMOKINE CCL2; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE INFECTIONS; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; SERPINS; UVEITIS;

EID: 34249777534     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2006.109843     Document Type: Article

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