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Conjunctival Neutrophils Predict Progressive Scarring in Ocular Mucous Membrane Pemphigoid

PURPOSE: Ocular mucous membrane pemphigoid (OcMMP) is a rare autoimmune disorder resulting in progressive conjunctival fibrosis and ocular surface failure leading to sight loss in up to 50%. This study was designed to optimize an ocular surface sampling technique for identification of novel biomarke...

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Autores principales: Williams, Geraint P., Nightingale, Peter, Southworth, Sue, Denniston, Alastair K. O., Tomlins, Paul J., Turner, Stephen, Hamburger, John, Bowman, Simon J., Curnow, S. John, Rauz, Saaeha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5072540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27760272
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.16-19247