Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical findings in five patients with vitreomacular traction syndrome

Retina

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 289-293

  Shinoda, Kei ^a,c   Hirakata, Akito ^a   Hida, Tetsuo ^a   Yamaguchi, Yasuko ^a   Fukuda, Minoru ^a   Maekawa, Suguru ^a   Azuma, Noriyuki ^b  

^a KYORIN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Collagen; Fibrous long spacing collagen; Myofibrocyte; Vitreomacular traction syndrome

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EID: 0033935813     PISSN: 0275004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006982-200003000-00011     Document Type: Article

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