Silicone oil concentrates fibrogenic growth factors in the retro-oil fluid

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1439-1442

  Asaria, R H Y ^a,b   Kon, C H ^a   Bunce, C ^a   Sethi, C S ^a,b   Limb, G A ^a,b   Khaw, P T ^a,b   Aylward, G W ^a   Charteris, David G ^a,b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN; RETRO OIL; SILICONE OIL; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FIBROGENESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEMBRANE FORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA MACULA HOLE; VITRECTOMY; VITREORETINOPATHY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 7044225898     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.040402     Document Type: Article

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