Lipofuscin in human glaucomatous optic nerves

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 61-66

  Fernandez de Castro, J P ^a,b   Mullins, R F ^b   Manea, A M ^c   Hernandez, J ^b   Wallen, T ^b   Kuehn, M H ^b  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AMD; Glaucoma; Lipofuscin; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

DYE; LIPOFUSCIN; PARAFORMALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRIGHT FIELD MICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AXONS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MACULAR DEGENERATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 84876713928     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2013.03.019     Document Type: Article

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