Ultrastructure of the human cornea

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 320-335

  Beuerman, Roger W ^a   Pedroza, Lia ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Electron microscopy; Eye; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURE;

CORNEA; EYE; HUMAN CORNEA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY;

CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030064484     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19960301)33:4<320::AID-JEMT3>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Review

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