A scanning transmission microscopy and energy-dispersive X-ray microanalysis of idiopathic ocular calcification and oxalosis in AIDS patients

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 223-231

  Pecorella, I ^a   Ciardi, A ^a   Scardino, A ^a   Marasco, A ^a   Di Tondo, U ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calcification; Microanalysis; Oxalosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM OXALATE; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CALCIFICATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXALOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY MICROANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CALCINOSIS; CALCIUM OXALATE; DURAPATITE; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EYE; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

SPHERULES;

EID: 0032870251     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/019131299281554     Document Type: Article

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