Pterygia and limbal epithelial cells: Relationship and molecular mechanisms

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 297-329

  Reid, Ted W ^a   Dushku, Nicholas ^b  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENIC FACTOR; COLLAGEN; HYALIN; KERATIN; MITOMYCIN C; PLASMA PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53;

APOPTOSIS; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA TUMOR; FIBROBLAST; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECTACLES; STEM CELL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029759129     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1350-9462(96)00007-9     Document Type: Review

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