Immunohistochemical markers in full-thickness embryonic rabbit retinal transplants

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 5-15

  Ghosh, Fredrik ^a   Bruun, Anitha ^a   Ehinger, Berndt ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ganglion cell; Immunohistochemistry; Interphotoreceptor matrix; Muller cell; Retinal transplant

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; INTERPHOTORECEPTOR RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; VIMENTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYONAL TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; MUELLER CELL; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA; RETINA CONE; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHOLINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; EYE PROTEINS; FETAL TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PHOTORECEPTORS; RABBITS; RETINA; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0032890129     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055507     Document Type: Article

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