Scanning electron microscopy of the human zonule of the lens (zonula ciliaris)

Cells Tissues Organs

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 309-314

  Canals, M ^a   Costa Vila, J ^a   Potau, J M ^a   Merindano, M D ^a   Ruano, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ciliary body; Human zonule; Lens; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; CILIARY DISK; CILIARY MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; LENS EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZONULOLYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; CILIARY BODY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030419823     PISSN: 14226405     EISSN: 14226421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000147893     Document Type: Article

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