Apoptosis is a prominent feature of acute anterior uveitis in the Fischer 344 rat

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 205-211

  Smith, J R ^a   Hart, P H ^a   Standfield, S D ^a   Coster, D J ^a   Wing, S J ^b   Williams, K A ^a,c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA NUCLEOTIDYLEXOTRANSFERASE; ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MELANIN; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PARAFFIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PEROXIDASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IRIDOCYCLITIS; MALE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NEUTROPHIL; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STAINING; TISSUE SECTION; UVEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; EYE DISEASES; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; NEUTROPHILS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; UVEITIS, ANTERIOR;

EID: 0034116060     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.84.2.205     Document Type: Article

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