Repair in avascular tissues: Fibrosis in the transparent structures of the eye and thrombospondin 1

Histology and Histopathology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1309-1320

  Hiscott, P ^a  

^a Clinical Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Lens; Retina; Thrombospondin; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

THROMBOSPONDIN 1;

CATTLE; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA OPACITY; EYE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LENS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; RETINA; REVIEW; SWINE; TISSUE REPAIR; VITREORETINOPATHY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; EYE INJURIES; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; WOUND HEALING;

BOS TAURUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032833793     PISSN: 02133911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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