The photoreceptor mosaic

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 531-540

  Ahnelt, P K ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Cones; Fovea; Laser coagulation; Peripheral cystoid degeneration; Photoreceptor; Retina; Rods; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SUBPOPULATION; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; PATHOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTOR; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA ROD; SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE; TOPOGRAPHY; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

EID: 0031870276     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1998.142     Document Type: Article

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