TY - JOUR
T1 - Alteration of Microfibrils in the Conjunctiva of Patients With Exfoliation Syndrome
AU - Roh, Young Bae
AU - Ishibashi, Tatsuro
AU - Ito, Noritaka
AU - Inomata, Hajime
PY - 1987/7
Y1 - 1987/7
N2 - We electron-microscopically studied 15 specimens of upper limbal conjunctiva obtained from 14 patients with exfoliation syndrome and clinical evidence of glaucoma. Of 15 specimens, four (three patients) contained exfoliation materials in the stroma of the conjunctiva. These exfoliation materials of immature, intermediate, and mature forms were composed of abnormal microfibrils lying adjacent to the fibroblasts and located in close proximity to the elastic and collagen fibers. These observations suggest a sequence of events by which microfibrils develop into exfoliation materials.
AB - We electron-microscopically studied 15 specimens of upper limbal conjunctiva obtained from 14 patients with exfoliation syndrome and clinical evidence of glaucoma. Of 15 specimens, four (three patients) contained exfoliation materials in the stroma of the conjunctiva. These exfoliation materials of immature, intermediate, and mature forms were composed of abnormal microfibrils lying adjacent to the fibroblasts and located in close proximity to the elastic and collagen fibers. These observations suggest a sequence of events by which microfibrils develop into exfoliation materials.
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U2 - 10.1001/archopht.1987.01060070122040
DO - 10.1001/archopht.1987.01060070122040
M3 - Article
C2 - 3606459
AN - SCOPUS:0023178341
SN - 0003-9950
VL - 105
SP - 978
EP - 982
JO - Archives of Ophthalmology
JF - Archives of Ophthalmology
IS - 7
ER -