Relationship between total tear and serum IgE in allergic conjunctivitis

International Archives of Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 349-352

  Mimura, Tatsuya ^a,b   Usui, Tomohiko ^b   Mori, Mikiro ^a   Funatsu, Hideharu ^c   Noma, Hidetaka ^c   Yamamoto, Hiroki ^b   Aixinjueluo, Wei ^b   Amano, Shiro ^b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Tokyo Women s Medical University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Allerwatch ; Immunochromatography; Tear; Total IgE

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN E;

ADULT; ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOCHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS EPIDEMICA; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN E; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958128603     PISSN: 10182438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000321828     Document Type: Article

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