The extracellular matrix structure in keratoconus;Die struktur der extrazellulärmatrix bei keratokonus

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 101, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 384-389

  Stachs, O ^a,b   Bochert, A ^a   Gerber, T ^b   Koczan, D ^b   Thiessen, H J ^b   Guthoff, R F ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cornea; Electron microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Keratoconus; Laser scanning microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 15; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; METALLOPROTEINASE; RNA; VERSICAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT INHERITANCE; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; UPREGULATION;

ADULT; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CORNEAL STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE ENUCLEATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, DOMINANT; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2442698805     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-003-0902-3     Document Type: Article

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