Radial distribution of tocopherols in rhesus monkey retina and retinal pigment epithelium-choroid

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 61-76

  Crabtree, Donald V ^a,b   Adler, Alice J ^a,b   Snodderly, D Max ^a,b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

areolar atrophy; macular degeneration; monkey; retina; vitamin E

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; PROTEIN; RETINOL PALMITATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHOROID; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RHESUS MONKEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CHOROID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0030043965     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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