Lymphangiogenesis concurrent with haemangiogenesis in the human cornea

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 541-544

  Regina, Meredith ^a   Zimmerman, Robert ^b   Malik, Gulraiz ^a   Gausas, Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Endothelium; Immunohistochemistry; Lymphangiogenesis; Neovascularization

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROTEIN D2 40; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GRAFT FAILURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPATHY; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ENDOTHELIUM, LYMPHATIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34548303844     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2007.01549.x     Document Type: Article

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