Immunohistochemical findings of a bruch's membrane defect and active choroidal neovascularization in angioid streaks

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 172-174

  Kazato, Yoko ^a   Shimada, Hiroyuki ^a   Nakashizuka, Hiroyuki ^a   Hattori, Takayuki ^a   Yuzawa, Mitsuko ^a   Kinukawa, Noriko ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angioid streaks; Bruch's membrane defect; Choroidal neovascularization; Immunohistochemical examinations; Vitrectomy

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANGIOID STREAK; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CHOROID DISEASE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ELASTIC FIBER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RETINA SURGERY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; TISSUE DEGENERATION;

ANGIOID STREAKS; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CALCIUM; CHOROIDAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; MIDDLE AGED; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 77953244778     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-009-0781-5     Document Type: Letter

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