Human retinal astroglia. A comparative study of adult and the 18 month postnatal developmental stage

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 61-70

  Triviño, Alberto ^a   Ramírez, José M ^b   Salazar, Juan J ^b   Ramírez, Ana I ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astrocytes; Glial fibrillary acidic protein

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROGLIA; NERVE PLEXUS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIKARYON; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

ADULT; ASTROCYTES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; RETINA;

EID: 0343049034     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S002187829900566X     Document Type: Article

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