Presence of a contractile cell network in the human choroid

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 296-302

  Flügel Koch, Cassandra ^a   May, Chr Albrecht ^a   Lütjen Drecoll, Elke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human choroids; Immunohistochemistry; Musculoelastic system of choroid; Smooth muscle cells

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOROID; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; SMOOTH MUSCLE CONTRACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0029814213     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310728     Document Type: Article

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