Levels of lactoferrin, secretory IgA and serum albumin in the tear film of people with keratoconus

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-137

  Balasubramanian, Sivaraman Arumugam ^a,b   Pye, David Cecil ^b   Willcox, Mark Duncan Perry ^a,b  

^a BRIEN HOLDEN VISION INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albumin; Keratoconus; Lactoferrin; SIgA; Tears

Indexed keywords

LACTOFERRIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SERUM ALBUMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY TUBE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TEAR FILM;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; KERATOCONUS; LACTOFERRIN; MALE; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPECIMEN HANDLING; TEARS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857796696     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.12.010     Document Type: Article

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