Development of the human retinal vasculature: Cellular relations and VEGF expression

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 555-568

  Provis, Jan M ^b   Leech, Jessica ^b   Diaz, Claudia M ^b   Penfold, Philip L ^b   Stone, Jonathon ^b   Keshet, Eli ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Endothelium; Glial cells; Human retinal development; Microglia; Migration; Neuronal differentiation; Pericytes; Retinal vessels; Smooth muscle cells; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROGLIA; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

EID: 0030668663     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0365     Document Type: Article

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