Observation of erythrocyte dynamics in the retinal capillaries and choriocapillaris using ICG-loaded erythrocyte ghost cells

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 5510-5516

  Flower, Robert ^a,b,c   Peiretti, Enrico ^c,d   Magnani, Mauro ^e   Rossi, Luigia ^e   Serafini, Sonja ^e   Gryczynski, Zygmunt ^f   Gryczynski, Ignacy ^f  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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

^c EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF URBINO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOCYANINE GREEN; PLASMA PROTEIN; COLORING AGENT; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CAPILLARY WALL; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL MOTION; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; ERYTHROCYTE; ERYTHROCYTE GHOST; FLUORESCENCE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MICROCIRCULATION; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBIT; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA CAPILLARY; ANIMAL; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARY; CHOROID; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MACACA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PHYSIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAPILLARIES; CHOROID; COLORING AGENTS; ERYTHROCYTE MEMBRANE; ERYTHROCYTES; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MACACA MULATTA; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PULSATILE FLOW; RABBITS; REGIONAL BLOOD FLOW; RETINAL VESSELS;

EID: 58149235469     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1504     Document Type: Article

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