Functional morphology of the trabecular meshwork in primate eyes

Progress in Retinal and Eye Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-119

  Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; CRYSTALLIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; CILIARY MUSCLE; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; GENE MUTATION; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MONOLAYER CULTURE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOFIBROBLAST; NERVE FIBER; NONHUMAN; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; REVIEW; SCHLEMM CANAL; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VENOUS PRESSURE;

EID: 0037900257     PISSN: 13509462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-9462(98)00011-1     Document Type: Article

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