Lens and retinal changes in the WBN/Kob rat (spontaneously diabetic strain). Electron-microscopic study

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 221-232

  Miyamura, Noritake ^a   Amemiya, Tsugio ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Capillary basement membrane; Diabetic cataract; Diabetic retinopathy; Retinal degeneration; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Spontaneously diabetic animal model; Transmission electron microscope (TEM); WBN Kob rat

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATARACT; CELL SHAPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LENS; LENS FIBER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PHOTORECEPTOR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA ROD OUTER SEGMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CATARACT; DIABETES MELLITUS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0031837250     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055479     Document Type: Article

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