The washout phenomenon in aqueous outflow - Why does it matter?

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 729-737

  Gong, Haiyan ^a   Freddo, Thomas F ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

aqueous outflow facility; glaucoma; outflow resistance; Schlemm's canal; trabecular meshwork; washout

Indexed keywords

PLASMA PROTEIN;

AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; CELL SEPARATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CYTOSKELETON; ELASTIC FIBER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; EYE PROTEINS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 64249132473     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.01.015     Document Type: Review

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