Dexamethasone treatment decreases hyaluronan-formation by primate trabecular meshwork cells in vitro

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 539-543

  Engelbrecht Schnur S ^a   Siegner, A ^a   Prehm, P ^a,b   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ciliary muscle; Dexamethasone; Hyaluronan; Scleral fibroblasts; Tissue culture; Trabecular meshwork

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; HYALURONIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DRUG EFFECT; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0031126761     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1996.0232     Document Type: Article

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