An improved method for examining the corneal endothelium during graft rejection in the rat

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 625-630

  Figueiredo, Francisco C ^a   Pendergrast, David G C ^b   Zhang, Lin ^b   Easty, David L ^c   Nicholls, Susan M ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c BRISTOL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Graft rejection; ICAM 1; Intercellular adhesion molecule 1; MHC class I; MHC class II; Rat

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; DISPASE; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0032424271     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0559     Document Type: Article

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