Immunogenetics of ocular inflammatory disease.
Ocular inflammatory disease comprises of a diverse group of clinical entities that may result from autoimmune processes, infections, or both. While many individual ocular inflammatory diseases are quite rare, ocular inflammation is one of the more common causes of visual disability, including blindness, in the developed world. Better understanding of ocular inflammatory disease is an important step in designing more sophisticated therapies that may help prevent loss of visual function for these patients.
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Ocular Inflammatory Disease Center, Jules Stein Eye Institute, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. levinson@jsei.ucla.edu
D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D006680:HLA Antigens / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008285:Major Histocompatibility Complex / Q000235:genetics*; D014605:Uveitis / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology
D006680:HLA Antigens