Ultrastructural changes in corneas of diabetic patients: An electron- microscopy study

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 534-538

  Rehany, Uri ^a   Ishii, Yassuo ^b   Lahav, Moshe ^c   Rumelt, Shimon ^a  

^a WESTERN GALILEE HOSPITAL   (Israel)

^b General Shin Kawasaki Eye Clinic   (Japan)

^c NEW ENGLAND EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Basement membrane; Collagen polymorphism; Cornea; Descemet's membrane; Diabetes mellitus; Electron microscopy; Human; Ultrastructure; Wide spaced collagen

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CADAVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033926286     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00026     Document Type: Article

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