Evaluation of early abnormalities of the sensory retina in a hypercholesterolemia experimental model: An immunohistochemical study;Avaliação das anormalidades precoces da retina sensorial em modelo experimental de hipercolesterolemia: Estudo imunohistoquímico

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 793-798

  de Almeida Torres, Rogil José ^a,b   Maia, Maurício ^a,c   Précoma, Dalton Bertolin ^d   Noronha, Lucia ^d   Luchini, Andréa ^e   Précoma, Leonardo Brandão ^d   de Souza, Greyce Kelly ^d   Muccioli, Cristina ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Angelina Caron   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Olhos Oeste Paulista   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^e Ophthalmologist at the Centro Oftalmológico   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anoxia; Calcium binding proteins; Cholesterol; Immuno histochemistry; Models, animal; Rabbits; Retina

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549172064     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492009000600010     Document Type: Article

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