Histochemical localisation of mitochondrial enzyme activity in human optic nerve and retina

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 231-235

  Andrews, Richard M ^a,b   Griffiths, Philip G ^a   Johnson, Margaret A ^a   Turnbull, Douglass M ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENZYME; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; ENUCLEATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EYE DISEASE; FROZEN SECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYELINATED NERVE; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC NERVE; ORGAN DONOR; PATHOGENESIS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

EID: 0033008908     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.2.231     Document Type: Article

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