Structure and composition of drusen associated with glomerulonephritis: Implications for the role of complement activation in drusen biogenesis

Eye

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 390-395

  Mullins, R F ^a   Aptsiauri, N ^a   Hageman, G S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID P COMPONENT; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5B; FILIPIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; PEANUT AGGLUTININ; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 3; VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; AGE; ALLERGIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUSEN; EYE; EYE FUNDUS; GLOMERULUS; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEMBRANOPROLIFERATIVE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ORGAN DONOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0034954060     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2001.142     Document Type: Article

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