Endothelial metaplasia in the iridocorneal endothelial syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1896-1901

  Howell, David N ^a,d   Damms, Thomas ^b   Burchette Jr , James L ^a   Green, W Richard ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Cytokeratins; Immunofluorescence; Iridocorneal endothelial syndrome; Metaplasia

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNDROME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CORNEAL DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; IRIS DISEASES; KERATINS; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030868908     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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