Angiogenesis in corneal diseases: Histopathologic evaluation of 254 human corneal buttons with neovascularization

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 611-613

  Cursiefen, Claus ^a,b   Küchle, Michael ^a   Naumann, Gottfried O H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Cornea; Corneal transplantation; Inhibition of angiogenesis; Neovascularization; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDEMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION;

EID: 0345164450     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199811000-00008     Document Type: Article

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