uvea

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the part of the eye that contains the iris and ciliary body and choroid

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LASV RNA was detected by PCR in the eye, and LASV antigen was detected by IHC within the anterior uvea of animals that died of infection, particularly in the endothelium and perivascular stromal cells, and occasionally within epithelium.
Another feature of ocular LASV infection noted in this study was the associated chronic inflammation, composed primarily of T-lymphocytes, in the anterior uvea, conjunctiva, and cornea in animals that died at later time points in the infection (>17 dpi).
The 116 contributions to the first volume are organized into sections on basic science and pathophysiologic responses, examining and imaging the cornea and external eye, differential diagnosis of selected problems in corneal and external eye disease, the ocular adnexa, the conjunctiva, diseases of the cornea, and the sclera and anterior uvea. The volume devoted to surgery covers penetrating keratoplasty, therapeutic and reconstructive procedures, and refractive surgery.
They may originate from the anterior uvea, ciliary body, and less commonly, from the choroid (ESSON et al., 2007).
Prior to immunohistochemistry of the anterior uvea, melanin depigmentation was performed to minimize background effects between pigments and immunostaining using oxalic acid 5% and potassium permanganate.
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