Glial cell involvement in vascular occlusion of diabetic retinopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-243

  Bek, Toke ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Diabetic retinopathy; Glial fibrillary acid protein; Retinal glial cells; Type IV collagen; Vascular casting; Vascular occlusion; Von Willebrand factor

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 4; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; VENULE;

EID: 0030829549     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00764.x     Document Type: Article

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