Intracellular structures of retinal vascular endothelium in normal and early diabetic rats

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages

  Yu, P K ^a   Yu, D Y ^a,b   Alder, V A ^a   Cringle, S J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetic; F actin; Nuclei; Rat; Retinal vascular endothelium

Indexed keywords

F ACTIN; NORADRENALIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MICROFILAMENT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RAT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VISCOSITY;

EID: 0031808748     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1998.tb01372.x     Document Type: Article

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