False negative antibody-based HLA-A29 typing in two patients with birdshot chorioretinopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1153-1154

  Wender, J D ^a   Fu, A D ^a   Jumper, J M ^a   McDonald, H R ^a   Johnson, R N ^a   Cunningham Jr , E T ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WEST COAST RETINA MEDICAL GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA A29 ANTIGEN; HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CASE REPORT; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID DISEASE; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MALE; NIGHT BLINDNESS; OPTIC DISK; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; VITILIGINOUS CHORIORETINITIS;

ADULT; CHOROID DISEASES; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY TESTING; HLA-A ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 49049113253     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2007.125666     Document Type: Letter

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