Vitreous: The resplendent enigma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 989-991

  Sebag, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

APOPTOSIS; ASTROCYTE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MONONUCLEAR PHAGOCYTE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DISEASE; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLIT LAMP; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

EPIRETINAL MEMBRANE; HUMANS; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS DETACHMENT;

EID: 68049095881     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.157313     Document Type: Editorial

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