Immunohistochemical localisation of D-β-aspartic acid-containing proteins in climatic droplet keratopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 977-979

  Kaji, Y ^a   Oshika, T ^a   Takazawa, Y ^b   Fukayama, M ^b   Fujii, N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; ISOASPARTIC ACID; PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLIMATIC DROPLET KERATOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

AGED; CORNEAL DISEASES; D-ASPARTIC ACID; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOASPARTIC ACID; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 67649653577     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.144212     Document Type: Article

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