Erratum: Diagnostic approach to ocular toxoplasmosis (Ocular Immunology and Inflammation (2011) 19:4 (255-261) DOI:10.3109/09273948.2011.595872);Diagnostic approach to ocular toxoplasmosis

Ocular Immunology and Inflammation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 255-261

  Garweg, Justus G ^a   De Groot Mijnes, Jolanda D F ^b   Montoya, Jose G ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c PALO ALTO MEDICAL FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aqueous humor; autoimmunity; blood aqueous barrier; ELISA; humoral immune response; immunoblotting; laboratory confirmation; local antibody production; ocular toxoplasmosis; PCR; retinochoroiditis; Toxoplasma gondii; uveovascular barrier; vitreous fluid

Indexed keywords

PROTOZOAL DNA;

ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; CHORIORETINITIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 79960677813     PISSN: 09273948     EISSN: 17445078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09273948.2011.633373     Document Type: Erratum

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