Astrocyte responses in human optic nerve head with primary open-angle glaucoma

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 303-313

  Varela, Hernan J ^a,b   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Glaucomatous optic neuropathy; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Reactive astrocytes

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PEROXIDASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031442851     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00061198-199710000-00007     Document Type: Article

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