title: [Electronmicroscopic study on the vitreous membrane of the Stickler syndrome].
abstract: The vitreous membrane obtained from a patient with Stickler syndrome, an 8 year-old female, was investigated electronmicroscopically. The cells found in the membrane had cilia, microvilli and cytoplasmic filaments. Gap junctions and basement membrane-like structures were also found. Several of the cells had phagosomes containing crystalline materials. Thus, these cells seemed to be glial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyashita
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tokunaga
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tani
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ando
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Matsuda
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple; D002648:Child; D005147:Facial Bones / Q000002:abnormalities; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000150:complications; D008566:Membranes / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D012162:Retinal Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D014821:Vitrectomy; D014822:Vitreous Body / Q000648:ultrastructure*