Essential iris atrophy, pigment dispersion, and glaucoma in DBA/2J mice

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 951-962

  John, Simon W M ^a,b,c   Smith, Richard S ^a,b   Savinova, Olga V ^a   Hawes, Norman L ^a   Chang, Bo ^a   Turnbull, Dan ^d   Davisson, Muriel ^a   Roderick, Thomas H ^a   Heckenlively, John R ^e  

^a JACKSON LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS ATROPHY; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; OPTIC NERVE ATROPHY; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA GANGLION CELL;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ATROPHY; CELL DEATH; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; EYE DISEASES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; IRIS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPTIC ATROPHY; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 0031968397     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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