Lymphatic vessels in human eyelids: An immunohistological study in dermatochalasis and chalazion

Lymphology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 29-39

  Aglianó, Margherita ^a   Lorenzoni, P ^a   Volpi, N ^a   Massai, L ^a   Carbotti, P ^a   Fruschelli, M ^a   Muscettola, M ^a   Alessandrini, C ^a   Grasso, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chalazion; Dermatochalasis; Endothelin axis; Eyelids; Lymphatics

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN A RECEPTOR; ENDOTHELIN B RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHALAZION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DERMATOCHALASIS; EYELID DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPH VESSEL; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; CHALAZION; ENDOTHELIN-1; EYELID DISEASES; EYELIDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VESICULAR TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 44349107138     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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