Animal models of Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada disease (sympathetic ophthalmia)

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 129-135

  Yamaki, Kunihiko ^a   Ohono, Shigeaki ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Melanocytes; Tyrosinase family protein; Vogt Koyanagi Harada disease

Indexed keywords

TYROSINASE RELATED PROTEIN 1;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNIZATION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; VOGT KOYANAGI SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DOGS; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUNDUS OCULI; IMMUNIZATION; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RETINA; UVEOMENINGOENCEPHALITIC SYNDROME;

EID: 42449095585     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000119863     Document Type: Article

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