Presence of vitronectin in neovascularised cornea of patient with gelatinous drop-like dystrophy [10]

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 368-369

  Yoshida, Shigeo ^a   Yoshida, A ^a   Ishibashi, T ^a   Kumano, Y ^b   Matsui, T ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ohshima Hospital of Ophthalmology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VITRONECTIN;

ADULT; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; GELATINOUS DROP LIKE DYSTROPHY; GENE MUTATION; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOPLASTY; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITRONECTIN;

EID: 0037340041     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.3.368     Document Type: Letter

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