The positive role of lumbar puncture in the diagnosis of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease: Lymphocyte subsets in the aqueous humor and cerebrospinal fluid

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 97-103

  Kitaichi, Nobuyoshi ^a   Matoba, Hiroko ^b   Ohno, Shigeaki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Matoba Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; CSF; Pleocytosis; VKH; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LYMPHOCYTE SURFACE MARKER;

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CD3+T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4 CD8 RATIO; CD4+ CD45RO+T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CYTOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MARKER; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, CD45; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-CD8 RATIO; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MIDDLE AGED; SPINAL PUNCTURE; T-LYMPHOCYTES; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 34250367521     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-006-9016-7     Document Type: Article

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