Clinical Evaluation of Total IgE in Tears of Patients with Allergic Conjunctivitis Disease Using a Novel Application of the Immunochromatography Method

Background: The determination of total IgE in tears is useful as a diagnostic tool in allergic conjunctivitis disease (ACD). We evaluated the efficacy of this diagnostic tool for ACD, which is a clinically applicable novel immunochromagraphic method to determine total IgE in tears. Methods: The subj...

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Main Authors: Noriko Inada, Jun Shoji, Hiroshi Kato, Surayah Kiely, Mulyanto, Mitsuru Sawa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Allergology International
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1323893015307449