Classification of human scleral spur cells in monolayer culture

European Journal of Cell Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 78-84

  Welge Lüßen, Ulrich ^a   Eichhorn, Michael ^a   Bloemendal, Hans ^b   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell culture; Ciliary muscle; Immunohistochemistry; Scleral spur; Trabecular meshwork; B crystallin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CRYSTALLIN; DESMIN; MESSENGER RNA; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CILIARY MUSCLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

PRIMATES;

EID: 2642657313     PISSN: 01719335     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0171-9335(98)80050-2     Document Type: Article

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