Ultrastructural age-related changes on the posterior iris surface: A possible relationship to the pathogenesis of exfoliation

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 721-725

  Khalil, Ahmad K ^a   Kubota, Toshiaki ^a   Tawara, Akihiko ^a   Inomata, Hajime ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IRIS; IRIS DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0029995398     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100130713013     Document Type: Article

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