Expression of stem cell factor in pterygium

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 193-197

  Nakagami, Tetsushi ^a,b   Watanabe, Ikuo ^a   Murakami, Akira ^b   Okisaka, Shigekuni ^b   Ebihara, Nobuyuki ^c  

^a HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Mast cells; Pterygium; Stem cell factor

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROBLAST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAST CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CELLS, CULTURED; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; PTERYGIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; STEM CELL FACTOR; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0034612078     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(99)00214-2     Document Type: Article

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