Effect of epidermal growth factor upon morphological changes of human lens epithelial cells

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 250-256

  Majima, Kiyoyuki ^a,b  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Epidermal growth factor; Human lens epithelial cells; Phase contrast microscopic study; Transmission electron microscopic study

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CATARACTOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CATARACT; CELLS, CULTURED; CULTURE MEDIA; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 0031775981     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000027302     Document Type: Article

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