Desmin ensheathment ratio as an indicator of vessel stability: Evidence in normal development and in retinopathy of prematurity

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1301-1313

  Chan Ling, Tailoi ^a   Page, Matthew Philip ^a   Gardiner, Tom ^b   Baxter, Louise ^a   Rosinova, Emilia ^a   Hughes, Suzanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYPEROXIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CELL; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

EID: 4644292465     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)63389-5     Document Type: Article

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