Scand. J. Immunol. 36, Suppl. 11, 171-172, 1992
Serum Interleukin Diffuse Scleritis
in Patients with
G. N. PALEXAS, A. P U R E N * , N. SAVAGE* & N. H. WELSH Departments of Ophthalmology and *Medical Biochemistry, University ofthe Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Palexas GN, Puren A, Savage N, Welsh NH. Serum Interleukin (IL-1|?) in Patients with Diffuse Scleritis. Scand J Immunol l992;36(Suppl.l l):I71-2 Scleritis is a painful, destructive inflammatory eye disease. We measured serum IL-1/) in ten patients with diffuse scleritis and in control subjects matched for age and sex. Patients with diffuse scleritis were found to have significantly elevated serum concentrations of IL-1 /? in comparison to normal subjects (P
Serum Interleukin Diffuse Scleritis
in Patients with
G. N. PALEXAS, A. P U R E N * , N. SAVAGE* & N. H. WELSH Departments of Ophthalmology and *Medical Biochemistry, University ofthe Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Palexas GN, Puren A, Savage N, Welsh NH. Serum Interleukin (IL-1|?) in Patients with Diffuse Scleritis. Scand J Immunol l992;36(Suppl.l l):I71-2 Scleritis is a painful, destructive inflammatory eye disease. We measured serum IL-1/) in ten patients with diffuse scleritis and in control subjects matched for age and sex. Patients with diffuse scleritis were found to have significantly elevated serum concentrations of IL-1 /? in comparison to normal subjects (P
