Inhibition of retinal and choroidal neovascularization by a novel KDR kinase inhibitor

Molecular Vision

Volumn 11, Issue , 2005, Pages 366-373

  Kinose, Fumi ^a   Roscilli, Giuseppe ^a   Lamartina, Stefania ^a   Anderson, Kenneth D ^a   Bonelli, Fabio ^a   Spence, Stanley G ^a   Ciliberto, Gennaro ^a   Vogt, Thomas F ^a   Holder, Daniel J ^a   Toniatti, Carlo ^a   Thut, Catherine J ^a  

^a MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN; VASCULOTROPIN INHIBITOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2 KINASE INHIBITOR;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; RETINOPATHY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; INDOLES; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; OXYGEN; QUINOLONES; RATS; RATS, INBRED BN; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR-2;

EID: 25444508308     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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