Age-related alterations in the diffusional transport of amino acids across the human Bruch's-choroid complex

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 166-172

  Hussain, Ali A ^a,b   Rowe, Lisa ^a   Marshall, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CROSSLINKING; DIFFUSION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; POROSITY;

PHOTORECEPTORS;

PHOTOSENSITIVITY;

AMINO ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID; DIFFUSION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AMINO ACIDS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHOROID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIFFUSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036364559     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.19.000166     Document Type: Article

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