A study of human lens cell growth in vitro: A model for posterior capsule opacification

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 906-914

  Liu, Chistopher S C ^a,b   Wormstone, I Michael ^b   Duncan, George ^b   Marcantonio, Julia M ^b   Webb, Sim F ^b   Davies, Peter D ^a  

^a WEST NORWICH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cataract; cell growth; epithelial cells; human; lens; posterior capsule opacification

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); VIMENTIN;

ACTIN FILAMENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL GROWTH; CHROMATIN; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; LENS IMPLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTINS; ADULT; CATARACT; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATIN; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029966007     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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