Retinal capillary pericyte apoptosis in early human diabetic retinopathy

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 110, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 659-663

  Li, Weiye ^a,b   Myron, Yanoff ^b   Liu, Xipu ^b   Ye, Xiaodan ^b  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; CAPILLARIES; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0031218095     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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