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The role of altered vascular permeability in recurrent uveitis

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Increasing ocular vascular permeability by topical application of prostaglandin E2 was found not to be a sufficient stimulus to induce inflammation in either spontaneous immune disease in NZB or induced immune complex disease in rabbits.

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  1. Department of Ophthalmology and Pathology, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA

    Suresh R. Limaye, Narsing A. Rao, Terrence M. Phillips & George E. Marak

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Supported by G.E.M., P.C. and grant EY-00887 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

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Limaye, S.R., Rao, N.A., Phillips, T.M. et al. The role of altered vascular permeability in recurrent uveitis. Int Ophthalmol 3, 167–172 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00130700

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