Hyalocytes

Encyclopedia of the Eye, Four-Volume Set

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 251-256

  Kita, T ^a   Hata, Y ^a   Ishibashi, T ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cicatricial contraction; Connective tissue growth factor (CTGF); Hyaloid vessels; Idiopathic ERM; Macrophage; Macular hole; Myofibroblast; Myosin light chain (MLC); Platelet derived growth factor (PDGF); Proliferative diabetic retinopathy (PDR); Proliferative membrane; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR); Transforming growth factor (TGF ); Vitreous cavity associated immune deviation (VCAID); Smooth muscle actin ( SMA)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873906437     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374203-2.00260-8     Document Type: Chapter

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