Lacrimal secretory IgA in active posterior uveitis induced by Toxoplasma gondii

It is quite difficult to diagnose active toxoplasmosis in patients with ocular toxoplasmosis. Active posterior uveitis presumably due to Toxoplasma gondii infection (APUPT) is seldom produced during a prime-infection; hence most patients do not show high IgM antibodies. High levels of IgA have been...

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Main Authors: Maria Isabel Lynch, Francisco Cordeiro, Silvana Ferreira, Ricardo Ximenes, Fernando Oréfice, Elizabeth Malagueño
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (FIOCRUZ) 2004-12-01
Series:Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762004000800013