Ocular surface in Zn-deficient rats

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 129-138

  Gong, Huaqing ^a   Takami, Yumiko ^a   Amemiya, Tsugio ^a   Tozu, Miyako ^b   Ohashi, Yoshiharu ^b  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ULVAC PHI Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cornea; Electron microscopy; Goblet cell; Time of flight secondary ion mass spectrometry; Trace element; Vitamin C; Wistar kyoto rat; Zinc deficiency

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ALUMINUM; ASCORBIC ACID; CALCIUM ION; CHLORINE; IRON; MYOSIN; NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENT; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRINKING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; GOBLET CELL; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TONOFILAMENT; ZINC DEFICIENCY;

ANIMALS; ASCORBIC ACID; BODY WEIGHT; CORNEA; DEFICIENCY DISEASES; EYE; GOBLET CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

EID: 2342505283     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077325     Document Type: Article

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