Preservation of the inner retina in retinitis pigmentosa:A morphometric analysis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 511-515

  Santos, Arturo ^a   Humayun, Mark S ^a,c   De Juan Jr , Eugene ^a   Greenburg, Robert J ^a   Marsh, Maria J ^a   Klock, Ingrid B ^b   Milam, Ann H ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; RETINA; RETINA GANGLION CELL; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA;

EID: 0030940097     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100150513011     Document Type: Article

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