Morphological changes of choriocapillaris in experimentally induced chick myopia

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 236, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 132-137

  Hirata, Akira ^a   Negi, Akira ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHORIORETINOPATHY; CHOROID CAPILLARY LAYER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0031888188     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004170050053     Document Type: Article

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