Quantitative evaluation of experimental choroidal neovascularization by confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscopy. Fluorescein angiogram parallels heparan sulfate proteoglycan expression

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research

Volumn 43, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 627-633

  Regatieri, C V ^a,b   Dreyfuss, J L ^b   Melo, G B ^a   Lavinsky, D ^a   Hossaka, S K ^a   Rodrigues, E B ^a   Farah, M E ^a   Maia, M ^a   Nader, H B ^b  

^a Departamento de Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Choroidal neovascularization; Confocal scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Fluorescein angiogram; Proteoglycans

Indexed keywords

PERLECAN; PROTEOHEPARAN SULFATE; SYNDECAN 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARGON LASER; ARTICLE; AUTOFLUORESCENCE IMAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPHTHALMOSCOPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SUBRETINAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; ZUCKER RAT;

RATTUS;

EID: 77954747550     PISSN: 0100879X     EISSN: 1414431X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0100-879X2010007500043     Document Type: Article

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