An investigation into the composition of amniotic membrane used for ocular surface reconstruction

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 722-729

  Cooper, Leanne J ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^b   German, Matthew ^a   Koizumi, Noriko ^b   Nakamura, Takahiro ^b   Fullwood, Nigel J ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Basal lamina; Extracellular matrix

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DERMATAN SULFATE; FIBRONECTIN; HEPARAN SULFATE; KERATAN SULFATE; LAMININ;

AMNION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOGOLD ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AMNION; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CORNEAL DISEASES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBRONECTINS; HEPARITIN SULFATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMININ; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON;

EID: 23044499957     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154237.49112.29     Document Type: Article

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