Growth factors and collagen distribution in vernal keratoconjunctivitis

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 4175-4181

  Leonardi, A ^a   Brun, P ^a   Tavolato, M ^a   Abatangelo, G ^a   Plebani, M ^a   Secchi, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIDIN; BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; BIOTIN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; GROWTH FACTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONJUNCTIVA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; CHILD; COLLAGEN; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; ENDOTHELIUM; EOSINOPHILS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MALE; MAST CELLS; MIDDLE AGED; T-LYMPHOCYTES, HELPER-INDUCER;

EID: 0033659078     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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