Phenotypic variation of retinal pigment epithelium in age-related macular degeneration

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 267-273

  Guidry, C ^a   Medeiros, N E ^a   Curcio, C A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOSKELETON PROTEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MUELLER CELL; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA NEUROEPITHELIAL LAYER;

ACTINS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036139916     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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