The three-dimensional structure of the connective tissue in the lamina cribrosa of the human optic nerve head

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 183-191

  Birch, Mike ^a   Brotchie, Daniel ^a   Roberts, Neil ^a   Grierson, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer reconstruction; Confocal microscopy; Extracellular matrix; Lamina cribrosa; Light microscopy; Optic nerve head; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; OPTIC NERVE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0030982119     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: 14230267     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000310787     Document Type: Article

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