An immunohistochemical study of endothelin-1 in the human eye

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 541-545

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a   Schaefer, Hans Eckhart ^b   Ihling, Christian ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endothelin; Human eye; Immunohistochemistry; Paraffin sections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIN 1;

ANTIGEN BINDING; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CILIARY NERVE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ULCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IRIS; KERATOPLASTY; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PAPILLEDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA;

CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; ENDOTHELIN-1; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IRIS; OPTIC NERVE; RETINAL VESSELS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031779367     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.5.541.5187     Document Type: Article

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