Ultrastructural morphology and expression of proteoglycans, βig-h3, tenascin-C, fibrillin-1, and fibronectin in bullous keratopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 720-731

  Akhtar, S ^a   Bron, A J ^b   Hawksworth, N R ^c   Bonshek, R E ^d   Meek, K M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLIN; FIBRONECTIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN BETA IG H3; PROTEOGLYCAN; SCLEROPROTEIN; TENASCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOGOLD STAINING; KERATOPATHY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PANNUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEAL DISEASES; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEOGLYCANS; TENASCIN;

EID: 0034984519     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.85.6.720     Document Type: Article

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