Histological and immunohistochemical characterisation of conjunctival graft vs host disease following haematopoietic stem cell transplantation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 245, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1001-1007

  Auw Haedrich, Claudia ^a   Potsch, Christian ^a   Böhringer, Daniel ^a   Mittelviefhaus, Hans ^a   Maier, Philip ^a   Reinhard, Thomas ^a   Freudenberg, Nikolaus ^a   Finke, Jürgen ^a   Coupland, Sarah E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Conjunctival GvHD; Immunohistochemistry; Survival

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN; EOSIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMATOXYLIN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; PARAFFIN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 34250814565     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0448-6     Document Type: Article

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