Marked alteration of sterol metabolism and composition without compromising retinal development or function

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1792-1801

  Fliesler, Steven J ^b   Richards, Michael J ^c   Miller, Chi Yen ^c   Peachey, Neal S ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Anheuser Busch Eye Institute at St Louis University   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,4 BIS(2 CHLOROBENZYLAMINOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE; 7 DEHYDROCHOLESTEROL; CHOLESTEROL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SMITH LEMLI OPITZ SYNDROME; STEROL ANALYSIS; STEROL METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; CHOLESTEROL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DEHYDROCHOLESTEROLS; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; FEMALE; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINA; SMITH-LEMLI-OPITZ SYNDROME; STEROLS; TRANS-1,4-BIS(2-CHLOROBENZAMINOMETHYL)CYCLOHEXANE DIHYDROCHLORIDE;

EID: 0033059338     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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