Apoptosis in retinal ganglion cell decrease in human glaucomatous eyes

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 84-88

  Okisaka, Shigekuni ^a   Murakami, Akira ^a   Mizukawa, Atsushi ^a   Junji, Ito ^a  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Apoptosis; Electron microscopy; Human glaucomatous eyes; Retinal ganglion cells; TUNEL method

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN;

AGED; AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL; SECONDARY GLAUCOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; EYE ENUCLEATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0030925834     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(97)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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