Differential expression of vascular endothelial growth factor implies the limbal origin of pterygia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1023-1030

  Gebhardt, Matthias ^a   Mentlein, Rolf ^a   Schaudig, Ulrich ^b   Pufe, Thomas ^a   Recker, Kristin ^c   Nölle, Bernhard ^a   Al Samir, Kais ^b   Geerling, Gerd ^d   Paulsen, Friedrich P ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; RECEPTOR ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN ANTIBODY; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 1; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A, HUMAN; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LENS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PTERYGIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAINING; WESTERN BLOTTING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CONJUNCTIVA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; PTERYGIUM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-1; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 20144384159     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2005.01.023     Document Type: Article

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