Fibronectin in the tear film

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 459-467

  Fukuda, Masahiko ^a   Fullard, Roderick J ^b   Willcox, Mark D P ^a   Baleriola Lucas, Cristina ^a   Bestawros, Fakhry ^a   Sweeney, Deborah ^a   Holden, Brien A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

albumin; blood tear barrier; closed eye; fibronectin; reflex tears

Indexed keywords

FIBRONECTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CORNEA REFLEX; EYELID CLOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TEAR FILM; WOUND HEALING;

ADULT; ALBUMINS; BLINKING; CAPILLARY PERMEABILITY; CONJUNCTIVA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MALE; TEARS;

EID: 0030065054     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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