Effectiveness of combined treatment with Lactobacillus gasseri TMC0356 and Lactobacillus GG in a rat model of allergic conjunctivitis

Journal of the Medical Society of Toho University

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 278-284

  Hata, Junya ^a   Kobayakawa, Shinichiro ^a   He, Fang ^b   Kawase, Manabu ^b   Tochikubo, Tetsuo ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Kanagawa   (Japan)

Author keywords

Experimental allergic conjunctivitis; Lactobacilli; Probiotics; Rat model

Indexed keywords

EID: 51149092040     PISSN: 00408670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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