Effects of TGF-β2 in Perfused Human Eyes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 153-158

  Gottanka, Johannes ^a   Chan, Darren ^b   Eichhorn, Michael ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a   Ethier, C Ross ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINANT TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

ADULT; AGED; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 0346727567     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0796     Document Type: Article

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