Functional anatomy of the human efferent tear ducts: A new theory of tear outflow mechanism

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 674-678

  Thale, Andreas ^a   Paulsen, Friedrich ^a   Rochels, Rainer ^a   Tillmann, Bernhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN 4 SULFATE; CHONDROITIN 6 SULFATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLINKING; ELASTIC FIBER; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; LACRIMAL DUCT; LACRIMAL FLUID; LACRIMAL SAC; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORBICULARIS OCULI MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEAR FLOW; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLINKING; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; NASOLACRIMAL DUCT; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; TEARS;

EID: 0031752331     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050140     Document Type: Article

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