An overview on the toxic morphological changes in the retinal pigment epithelium after systemic compound administration

Toxicologic Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 252-267

  Mecklenburg, Lars ^a   Schraermeyer, Ulrich ^b  

^a ALTANA PHARMA AG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Eye; Ocular toxicity; Retina; RPE; Subretinal

Indexed keywords

1,4 BIS(4 AMINOPHENOXY) 2 PHENYLBENZENE; 4 TRIFLUOROMETHYLAMPHETAMINE; ALUMINUM; AMYLOID PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DEFEROXAMINE; FORMIC ACID; GROWTH FACTOR; IODATE; IODOACETIC ACID; LEAD; MELANIN; MERTK PROTEIN; METHANOL; PROTEIN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITRONECTIN;

CELL INFILTRATION; CELL POLARITY; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; DEPIGMENTATION; EMBRYOLOGY; METAPLASIA; MORPHOLOGY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATROPHY; CHOROID; HUMANS; HYPERPLASIA; METAPLASIA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PHOTORECEPTORS; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RETINAL DEGENERATION;

EID: 33847775959     PISSN: 01926233     EISSN: 15331601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01926230601178199     Document Type: Review

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