Melanocytes and iris color: Light microscopic findings

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 437-442

  Wilkerson, Craig L ^a   Syed, Nasreen A ^a   Fisher, Marian R ^a   Robinson, Nancy L ^a   Wallow, Ingolf H L ^a   Albert, Daniel M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b F4/338 CSC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; PARAFFIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; EMBEDDING; EYE COLOR; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IRIS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0029871072     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130433014     Document Type: Article

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