Detection of connective tissue growth factor in subretinal fluid following retinal detachment: Possible contribution to subretinal scar formation, preliminary results

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 289-292

  Van Setten, Gysbert ^a,b,c   Berglin, Lennart ^a   Blalock, Timothy D ^b   Schultz, Gregory ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Connective tissue growth factor; Fibrosis; Receptors; Retinal detachment; Scarring; Vascular endothelial growth factor; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA DETACHMENT SURGERY; SCAR FORMATION; SUBRETINAL FLUID; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY FLUIDS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL DETACHMENT;

EID: 27344453261     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087698     Document Type: Article

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