Membranous nature of premacular vitreous cortex in the human eye

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 181-186

  Tamura, Takahiko ^a   Kishi, Shoji ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Internal limiting lamina; Posterior precortical vitreous pocket; Scanning electron microscopy; Vitreous collagen; Vitreous cortex

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VITREOUS BODY; VITREOUS BODY DETACHMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MACULA LUTEA; MEMBRANES; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 0029759868     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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