Clinical evaluation of total IgE in tears of patients with allergic conjunctivitis disease using a novel application of the immunochromatography method

Allergology International

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 585-589

  Inada, Noriko ^a   Shoji, Jun ^a   Kato, Hiroshi ^b   Kiely, Surayah ^c   Mulyanto, ^c   Sawa, Mitsuru ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MEIJI PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MATARAM   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis disease; Immunochromatography; Immunoglobulin E

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; ATOPIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL FLUID LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

EID: 75449091233     PISSN: 13238930     EISSN: 14401592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2332/allergolint.09-OA-0101     Document Type: Article

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