Topography of neuron loss in the retinal ganglion cell layer in human glaucoma

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1676-1679

  Lei, Y ^a   Garrahan, N ^b   Hermann, B ^a   Fautsch, M P ^c   Johnson, D H ^c   Hernandez, M R ^d   Boulton, M ^e   Morgan, J E ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^d NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4',6 DIAMIDINO 2 PHENYLINDOLE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL LOSS; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; NERVE CELL LOSS; NERVE CELL NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA GANGLION CELL; STAINING; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL FIELD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS;

EID: 72449142153     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.159210     Document Type: Article

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