Photoreceptor morphogenesis in the human retina: A scanning electron microscopic study

Anatomical Record

Volumn 252, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 133-139

  Narayanan, K ^a   Wadhwa, S ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Human retina; Morphogenesis; Photoreceptors; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM; RETINA DEVELOPMENT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CONES (RETINA); FETUS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MORPHOGENESIS; RODS (RETINA);

ORA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031708672     PISSN: 0003276X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0185(199809)252:1<133::AID-AR11>3.0.CO;2-P     Document Type: Article

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