A model to measure lymphatic drainage from the eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 586-591

  Kim, Minhui ^a,b,c,d   Johnston, Miles G ^b,d   Gupta, Neeru ^a,b,c   Moore, Sara ^b,d   Yücel, Yeni H ^a,b,c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Albumin; Aqueous humor; Conventional outflow; Glaucoma; Interstitial fluid; Intraocular pressure; Lymph nodes; Lymphatic; Sheep; Uveoscleral outflow

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IODINE 125; TRACER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNULATION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE; JUGULAR VEIN; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THORACIC DUCT; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEOSCLERA;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LYMPH; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC VESSELS; MODELS, ANIMAL; SCLERA; SERUM ALBUMIN, RADIO-IODINATED; SHEEP; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEA;

EID: 80053256640     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.07.006     Document Type: Article

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