Macromolecular diffusion characteristics of ageing human Bruch's membrane: Implications for age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 703-710

  Hussain, A A ^a   Starita, C ^a   Hodgetts, A ^a   Marshall, J ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Bruch's membrane; Diffusion; Macular degeneration

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DEXTRAN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE DEXTRAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; EYE FUNDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; DONOR; MACROMOLECULE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEXTRANS; DIFFUSION; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 77952787410     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2010.02.013     Document Type: Article

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