Elastosis of the lamina cribrosa in glaucomatous optic neuropathy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 517-524

  Pena, Janethe D O ^a   Netland, Peter A ^b   Vidal, Ivonne ^c   Dorr, David A ^a   Rasky, Adam ^b   Hernandez, M Rosario ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Elastin; Electron microscopy; Glaucoma; Lamina cribrosa; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION;

EID: 0032412249     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0539     Document Type: Article

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