TUNEL-positive ganglion cells in human primary open-angle glaucoma

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1031-1035

  Kerrigan, Lisa A ^a   Zack, Donald J ^b   Quigley, Harry A ^c   Smith, Scott D ^d   Pease, Mary E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Departments of Molecular Biology and Genetics and Neuroscience   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

EID: 0030755980     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160201010     Document Type: Article

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