Perifoveal müller cell depletion in a case of macular telangiectasia type 2

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2407-2416

  Powner, Michael B ^a   Gillies, Mark C ^b   Tretiach, Marina ^b   Scott, Andrew ^a   Guymer, Robyn H ^c   Hageman, Gregory S ^d   Fruttiger, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOGRAFT INFLAMMATORY FACTOR 1; ANTIBODY; CELL MARKER; CLAUDIN 5; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; FLUORESCEIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; OPSIN; PARAFFIN; RETINOID BINDING PROTEIN; RHODOPSIN; VIMENTIN; VISUAL PIGMENT;

AGED; ANTIGEN RETRIEVAL; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD VESSEL; CELL LOSS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; GLIA CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MACULAR TELANGIECTASIA TYPE 2; MALE; MICROGLIA; MUELLER CELL; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULOPATHY; RETINOPATHY; TELANGIECTASIA;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FLUORESCEIN ANGIOGRAPHY; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROGLIA; RETINAL PIGMENTS; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIS; TELANGIECTASIA, HEREDITARY HEMORRHAGIC; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 78649851019     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2010.04.001     Document Type: Article

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