Immunocytochemical and ultrastructural evaluation of the distribution of nervous tissue and neuropeptides in the meibomian gland

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 234, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 648-656

  Seifert, Peter ^a   Spitznas, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; CALCITONIN GENE RELATED PEPTIDE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; SUBSTANCE P; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SYNAPSE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029818955     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00185300     Document Type: Article

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