The role of complement activation in the pathogenesis of Fuchs' dystrophy

Molecular Immunology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 177-181

  Füst, Ágnes ^a   Csuka, Dorottya ^b   Imre, László ^a   Bausz, Mária ^a   Nagymihály, Attila ^a   Füst, György ^b   Csorvási, Ágnes ^a   Németh, János ^a   Varga, Lilian ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Complement activation; Corneal endothelium; Fuchs'dystrophy

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT ALTERNATIVE PATHWAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENESIS; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM; FUCHS'DYSTROPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT C1 INHIBITOR PROTEIN; COMPLEMENT C1R; COMPLEMENT C1S; COMPLEMENT C3B; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84890886280     PISSN: 01615890     EISSN: 18729142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molimm.2013.11.019     Document Type: Article

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