Changes in Bruch's membrane and related structures with age

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 59-90

  Guymer, R ^a   Luthert, P ^a   Bird, A ^a  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; LIPID;

AGING; ALLELE; ASIA; BLINDNESS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CAUCASIAN; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; LIFESTYLE; LIPID COMPOSITION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; SIBLING; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0032889433     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00012-3     Document Type: Article

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