Pigmentary degeneration induced by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea and the fate of pigment epithelial cells in the rat retina

Pathology International

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 874-882

  Nakajima, Motomaro ^a   Nambu, Hiroyuki ^a   Shikata, Nobuaki ^a   Senzaki, Hideto ^a   Miki, Hirohiko ^a   Tsubura, Airo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

apoptosis; pigment epithelial cell; pigmentary degeneration; pigmentary retinopathy; retinal degeneration; retinitis pigmentosa

Indexed keywords

METHYLNITROSOUREA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUELLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA CELL; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0029908025     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1996.tb03561.x     Document Type: Article

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