Immunohistochemistry and electron microscopy of retrocorneal scrolls in syphilitic interstitial keratitis

Current Eye Research

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 863-870

  Dogru, Murat ^a,b   Kato, Naoko ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^b   Tanaka, Yoichi ^a   Akabane, Naoko ^a   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Interstitial keratitis; Retrocorneal scroll; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; COLLAGEN TYPE 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 6; COLLAGEN TYPE 8; DECORIN; EOSIN; FIBRONECTIN; HEMATOXYLIN; LAMININ; PROTEOGLYCAN;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA OPACITY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYPHILITIC INTERSTITIAL KERATITIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBRONECTINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATITIS; LAMININ; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEOGLYCANS; SYPHILIS;

EID: 35648990996     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680701624705     Document Type: Article

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