Vascular changes in the posterior eye segment of secondary angle-closure glaucoma: Cause or consequence?

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 244, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1505-1511

  May, Christian Albrecht ^a   Mittag, Thom ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterioles; Choroid; Corrosion casts; Electron microscopy; NADPH diaphorase; Retina

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROLIPOAMIDE DEHYDROGENASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY DENSITY; CHOROID; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOLOGY; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; POSTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA NERVE CELL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; CORROSION CASTING; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLAUCOMA, ANGLE-CLOSURE; IRIS DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NADPH DEHYDROGENASE; NERVE FIBERS; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE I; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 33750967615     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-006-0307-5     Document Type: Article

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