Keratocyte apoptosis associated with keratoconus

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 475-481

  Kim, Woo Jung ^a,c   Rabinowitz, Yaron S ^d   Meisler, David M ^c   Wilson, Steven E ^b,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Contact lenses; Keratoconus; Keratocytes; Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032704262     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0719     Document Type: Article

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