Morphometric analysis of lipoprotein-like particle accumulation in aging human macular Bruch's membrane

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2721-2727

  Huang, Jiahn Dar ^a   Curcio, Christine A ^b   Johnson, Mark ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPOPROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FREEZING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEREOLOGY; CELL GRANULE; FREEZE ETCHING; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; EYE PROTEINS; FEMALE; FREEZE ETCHING; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPOPROTEINS; MACULA LUTEA; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 47249133290     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1196     Document Type: Article

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