Scanning and transmission electron microscopic findings during RPE wound healing in vivo

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 165-175

  Oganesian, Arutun ^a,b   Bueno, Elena ^a   Yan, Qiong ^a   Spee, Christine ^a   Black, James ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a   Lopez, Pedro F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Retinal pigment epithelium; RPE; Transmission electron microscopy scanning; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CYTOSKELETON; DEBRIDEMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RABBIT; RETINA DISEASE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITRECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; EYE INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RABBITS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031411838     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026402031902     Document Type: Article

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