Morphology of the aqueous outflow pathway

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 336-367

  Gong, Haiyan ^a   Tripathi, Ramesh C ^b   Tripathi, Brenda J ^b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY;

ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER ANGLE; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; INNERVATION; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCHLEMM CANAL; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UVEA;

EID: 0030038985     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960301)33:4<336::AID-JEMT4>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Review

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