Chronic systemic hypoxia causes intra-retinal angiogenesis

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 205, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 349-356

  Shortt, Alex J ^a,b   Howell, Katherine ^a   O'Brien, Colm ^b   McLoughlin, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b MATER MISERICORDIAE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Morphometry; Retina; Stereology; Vasculature; Volume

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ALTITUDE; AMBIENT AIR; ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL DIAMETER; CELL SURFACE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEART DISEASE; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXEMIA; HYPOXIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RAT STRAIN; RETINA BLOOD FLOW; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; STEREOLOGY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; ANOXEMIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL VESSELS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 10444227305     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8782.2004.00351.x     Document Type: Article

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