Fluorescence and immunochemical studies of advanced glycation-related lens pigments

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2058-2066

  Das, Biplab K ^a   Sun, Tian Xiao ^c   Akhtar, Nila J ^c   Chylack Jr , Leo T ^c   Liang, Jack J N ^b  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CROSS LINKING; CROSS REACTION; FLUORESCENCE; GLYCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATARACT; CATTLE; CRYSTALLINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GLYCOSYLATION; GLYCOSYLATION END PRODUCTS, ADVANCED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; PIGMENTATION; RABBITS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0031668716     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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