Influence of Molecular Weight on Intracameral Dextran Movement to the Posterior Segment of the Mouse Eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 480-484

  Bernd, Antje S ^a   Aihara, Makoto ^a   Lindsey, James D ^a   Weinreb, Robert N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CHOROID; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; DEXTRANS; FLUORESCEINS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEA;

EID: 0942276418     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0462     Document Type: Article

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