The effect of paraformaldehyde fixation and PBS storage on the water content of the human lens

Molecular Vision

Volumn 14, Issue , 2008, Pages 90-94

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a,b   Vrensen, Gijs ^c   Willekens, Ben ^d  

^a Vision Cooperative Research Centre   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; MONITORING; MORPHOLOGY; OPTICS; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WATER CONTENT; WATER LOSS; WATER TRANSPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BUFFERS; FIXATIVES; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; ORGAN SIZE; PHOSPHATES; POLYMERS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER;

EID: 38649099360     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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