Scanning electron microscopy study of the tarsal and orbital conjunctival surfaces compared to peripheral corneal epithelium in pigmented rabbits

Documenta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 345-371

  Doughty, Michael J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Crypts of Henle; Goblet cells; Palpebral; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL SIZE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOARCHITECTURE; EYELID; FEMALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MICROVILLUS; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SQUAMOUS CELL; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ANIMALS; CELL SIZE; CONJUNCTIVA; DINUCLEOSIDE PHOSPHATES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYELIDS; FEMALE; GLUTARAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORBIT; RABBITS;

EID: 0031399120     PISSN: 00124486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02569072     Document Type: Article

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