Pericyte recruitment in human corneal angiogenesis: An ultrastructural study with clinicopathological correlation

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-106

  Cursiefen, Claus ^a,b   Hofmann Rummelt, C ^b   Kuchle M ^b   Schlotzer Schrehardt U ^b  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIRIDIA; ARTERIOLE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CAPILLARY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; VASCULARIZATION; VENULE;

ACTINS; CAPILLARIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PERICYTES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037235464     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.1.101     Document Type: Article

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