Evaluation of ocular surface inflammation in the presence of dry eye and allergic conjunctival disease

Ocular Surface

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2005, Pages S161-S164

  Stern, Michael E ^a   Siemasko, Karyn F ^a   Gao, Jianping ^a   Calonge, Margarita ^b   Niederkorn, Jerry Y ^c   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ^d  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Allergic conjunctivitis; Dry eye; Inflammation; Ocular surface; Th1; Th2

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; RANTES; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ALLERGIC CONJUNCTIVITIS; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; DRY EYE; EYE INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

EID: 84949117839     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: 19375913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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