Immunolocalization of bFGF in Pterygia: Association with mast cells

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 545-549

  Powers, Michael R ^a,b   Qu, Zhenhong ^a   O'Brien, Brenda ^a   Wilson, David J ^b   Thompson, John E ^b   Rosenbaum, James T ^a,b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basic fibroblast growth factor; Mast cells; Pterygia; Tryptase

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; CELL MARKER; TRYPTASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EMBEDDING; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHYMASES; CONJUNCTIVA; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR 2; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MAST CELLS; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PTERYGIUM; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; TRYPTASES;

EID: 0030865293     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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