Functional morphology of the outflow pathways of aqueous humor and their changes in open angle glaucoma;Funktionelle Morphologie der Abflusswege des Kammerwassers und ihre Veränderungen beim Offenwinkelglaukom

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1026-1035

  Tamm, E R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Actin cytoskeleton; Connective tissue growth factor; Intraocular pressure; Myofibroblasts; Transforming growth factor beta

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; METABOLISM; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; UVEA;

AQUEOUS HUMOR; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UVEA;

EID: 84887599430     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00347-012-2670-4     Document Type: Article

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