Retinal changes in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty rats (spontaneously diabetic rat) - Possibility of a new experimental model for diabetic retinopathy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-35

  Lu, Zhong Yang ^a   Bhutto, Imran Ahmed ^a   Amemiya, Tsugio ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corrosion cast; Diabetic retinopathy; Electron microscopy; OLETF rat; Spontaneously diabetic animal model

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INTRAOCULAR HEMORRHAGE; MALE; MICROANEURYSM; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CORROSION CASTING; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED OLETF; RATS, LONG-EVANS; RETINA; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 0037268667     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(02)00631-7     Document Type: Article

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