Ultrastructural features and prevalence of tubuloreticular structures in the ocular vasculature of patients with AIDS: A study of 23 cases

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-255

  Maturi, Raj K ^a   Font, Ramon L ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHOROID; CONJUNCTIVA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA;

EID: 0029983844     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.80.3.252     Document Type: Article

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