Riboflavin deficiency induces ocular surface damage

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 156-165

  Takami, Yumiko ^a,b   Gong, Huaqing ^a   Amemiya, Tsugio ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Electron microscopy; Rat cornea; Riboflavin; Riboflavin deficiency

Indexed keywords

RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DENSE BODY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE INJURY; GOBLET CELL; HEMIDESMOSOME; MALE; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; EYE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RATS; RATS, INBRED WKY; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN DEFICIENCY;

EID: 2342516867     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077329     Document Type: Article

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