Basement membrane changes in capillaries of the ageing human retina

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1316-1322

  Powner, Michael B ^a   Scott, Andrew ^a   Zhu, Meidong ^b   Munro, Peter M G ^a   Foss, Alexander J E ^c   Hageman, Gregory S ^c   Gillies, Mark C ^d   Fruttiger, Marcus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTARALDEHYDE; PARAFORMALDEHYDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CAPILLARY BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEGENERATION; CELL REGENERATION; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DONOR AGE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; PERICYTE; POST MORTEM FIXATION DELAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CAPILLARY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINAL TELANGIECTASIA; SAMPLING; TIGHT JUNCTION; TISSUE FIXATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CADAVER; CAPILLARIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MACACA MULATTA; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINAL VESSELS; VACUOLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052123839     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2011.204222     Document Type: Article

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