Epithelial barrier function and ultrastructure of gelatinous drop-like corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 551-555

  Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a   Nishida, Kohji ^a   Dota, Atsuyoshi ^a   Inatomi, Tsutomu ^a   Koizumi, Noriko ^a   Elliott, Andrew ^b   Lewis, David ^b   Quantock, Andrew ^c   Fullwood, Nigel ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amyloid; Corneal epithelium; Electron microscopy; Gelatinous drop like corneal dystrophy; Permeability

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; GENE PRODUCT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL JUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0033939852     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200007000-00029     Document Type: Article

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