Inverse levels of pigment epithelium-derived factor and vascular endothelial growth factor in the vitreous of eyes with rhegmatogenous retinal detachment and proliferative vitreoretinopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 133, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 851-852

  Ogata, Nahoko ^a   Nishikawa, Maki ^a   Nishimura, Tetsuya ^a   Mitsuma, Yumiko ^a   Matsumura, Miyo ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT EPITHELIUM DERIVED FACTOR; VASCULOTROPIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY;

ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EYE PROTEINS; HUMANS; LYMPHOKINES; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTEINS; RETINAL DETACHMENT; RETINAL PERFORATIONS; SERPINS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY, PROLIFERATIVE; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0036263687     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(02)01406-X     Document Type: Article

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