Breakdown of the inner and outer blood retinal barrier in streptozotocin-induced diabetes

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 569-575

  Do Carmo, Anália ^a   Ramos, Pedro ^a   Reis, Aldina ^a   Proença, Rui ^a   Cunha Vaz, J G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Blood retinal barrier; Diabetes; Fluorophotometry; Quantitative confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD RETINA BARRIER; BLOOD VESSEL PERMEABILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG PENETRATION; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

EID: 0032438703     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0546     Document Type: Article

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