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Elschnig's theory
Associated persons:
Anton Elschnig
Description:
A theory of the aetiology of ophthalmy. According to this theory, it is not a question of a particular infection, but of an anaphylactoid inflammation against the body’s own uvea tissue. Under certain conditions, uvea tissue damaged by trauma vil act as an antigen and subsequently occasion a sensibilisation of the body’s own uvea albumin. This causes an anaphylactic uveitis on the undamaged eye.
Bibliography:
- A. Elschnig:
Studien zur sympatischen Ophthalmie.
Albrecht von Graefes Archiv für Ophthalmologie, 1910, 76: 509-546.
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