Vimentin and cytokeratin pattern in granular corneal dystrophy

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 234, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a   Witschel, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FETUS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM; FETUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029840415     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf02343058     Document Type: Article

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