Decreased GlcNAc 6-O-sulfotransferase activity in the cornea with macular corneal dystrophy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 3670-3677

  Hasegawa, N ^a   Torii, T ^a   Kato, T ^a   Miyajima, H ^a   Furuhata, A ^a   Nakayasu, K ^a   Kanai, A ^a   Habuchi, O ^a  

^a AICHI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SULFOTRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA OPACITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, PAPER; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KERATAN SULFATE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SULFOTRANSFERASES;

EID: 0033753620     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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