Morphological changes of retinal pigment epithelium and choroid in rd- mice

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 75-83

  Neuhardt, Th ^a   May, C A ^a   Wilsch, C ^a   Eichhorn, M ^a   Lutjen Drecoll E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Choriocapillaris; Choroid; Corrosion casts; NADPH d; rd mice; RPE

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOROID DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; RETINA PIGMENT DEGENERATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0032968795     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0589     Document Type: Article

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