Equine immune-mediated keratopathies
| Autor: | Brian C. Gilger, Andrew G. Matthews |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Anti-Inflammatory Agents Disease Corneal Diseases Keratitis Pathogenesis Immune system Cornea Animals Medicine Horses General Veterinary business.industry General Medicine medicine.disease United Kingdom United States Review article Corneal Disorder medicine.anatomical_structure Clinical diagnosis Immunology Horse Diseases business Immunosuppressive Agents |
| Zdroj: | Veterinary Ophthalmology. 12:10-16 |
| ISSN: | 1463-5224 1463-5216 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1463-5224.2009.00740.x |
| Popis: | Immune mediated keratopathies (IMMKs) are a relatively commonly occurring group of heterogeneous corneal disorders. This paper describes the currently recognised clinical presentations of the IMMKs in the USA and in the UK. Although a clinical diagnosis is relatively straightforward in most cases, the specific aetiopathogeneses of the IMMKs remains elusive and largely speculative, but are thought to be based upon upregulated immunoreactivity in the normally immunologically passive cornea. Treatment protocols, both medical and surgical, are based primarily on collective clinical experience and are variably successful, and in some cases recurrence or refractoriness to treatment is possible. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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