Cytoarchitecture of choroidal capillary endothelial cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1660-1666

  Guymer, Robyn H ^a,d   Bird, Alan C ^b   Hageman, Gregory S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d CENTRE FOR EYE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CAPILLARY ENDOTHELIUM; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYEBANK; HAMSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MONKEY; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL; CAPILLARY; CHILD; CHOROID; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURE; MACACA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULARIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHOROID; CRICETINAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; FREEZE FRACTURING; HUMANS; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 3042673102     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.03-0913     Document Type: Article

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