Human lens epithelial cell proliferation in a protein-free medium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 396-404

  Wormstone, I Michael ^a   Liu, Christopher S C ^a,b   Rakic, Jean Marie ^c   Marcantonio, Julia M ^a   Vrensen, Gijs F J M ^d   Duncan, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b SUSSEX EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cataract; growth; lens; opacification; posterior capsule; serum free

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CULTURE MEDIUM; EXTRACAPSULAR CATARACT EXTRACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; LENS IMPLANT; LIGHT SCATTERING; MITOSIS RATE; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BROMODEOXYURIDINE; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DNA; DNA REPLICATION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0031045702     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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