Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging confirmation of an anterior protein pathway in normal rabbit eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1602-1607

  Kolodny, Nancy H ^a,e   Freddo, Thomas F ^b   Lawrence, Barbara A ^c   Suarez, Cristina ^a   Bartels, Stephen P ^d  

^a Wellesly College   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c The Claremont Colleges   (United States)

^d PFIZER INC   (United States)

^e WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

aqueous tumor; blood ocular barrier; ciliary body; magnetic resonance imaging; posterior chamber; rabbit eye

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTEIN; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFUSION; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AOTIDAE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOOD PROTEINS; CAPILLARIES; CILIARY BODY; CONTRAST MEDIA; EYE PROTEINS; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM DTPA; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IRIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PENTETIC ACID; RABBITS;

EID: 0029760405     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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