Natural killer cells in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1562-1567

  Lambiase, Alessandro ^a   Normando, Eduardo Maria ^a   Vitiello, Laura ^c   Micera, Alessandra ^a,b   Sacchetti, Marta ^a   Perrella, Eleonora ^e   Racioppi, Luigi ^c   Bonini, Sergio ^c,d   Bonini, Stefano ^a  

^a CIR   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EOSINOPHIL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MAST CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KILLER CELLS, NATURAL; MALE; RECEPTORS, IGG;

EID: 34548459026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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