A clinical grading system for retinal inflammation in the chronic model of experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis using digital fundus images

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 319-326

  Xu, Heping ^a   Koch, Philippe ^a   Chen, Mei ^a   Lau, Annie ^a   Reid, Delyth M ^a   Forrester, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

clinical grading; experimental autoimmune uveoretinitis; imaging; mouse

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVALUATION; EYE FUNDUS; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; UVEORETINITIS;

ANIMALS; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOSCOPY; FUNDUS OCULI; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OBSERVER VARIATION; OPTIC DISK; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS; RETINITIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UVEITIS;

EID: 52049094091     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2008.06.012     Document Type: Article

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