Retinal microglia

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 331-361

  Thanos, Solon ^a   Moore, Stephen ^a   Hong, Yeon Mi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; HUMAN; MICROGLIA; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE PROJECTION; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CELL; RETINA DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRUS REPLICATION; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0029757613     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-9462(96)00006-7     Document Type: Review

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