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In intraocular parasitosis the immunologic reactions in the vitrectomy-fluids depend on the parasitic agent: there is a lymphocytical reaction without any IgE production in toxoplasmic chorioretinitis, whereas there is a strong hypersensitivity reaction with a local IgE production as well as the presence of eosinophils and an antigenic stimulation in fluids withtoxocara parasitosis. The electrophoretic patterns are quite similar in both cases.
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Liotet, S., Bloch-Michel, E., Petithory, J.C. et al. Biological modifications of the vitreous in intraocular parasitosis: preliminary study. Int Ophthalmol 16, 75–80 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00918935
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