Abnormal cone synapses in human cone-rod dystrophy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2306-2312

  Gregory Evans, Kevin ^a   Fariss, Robert N ^a   Possin, Daniel E ^a   Gregory Evans, Cheryl Y ^b   Milam, Ann H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA DYSTROPHY; RETINA MACULA LUTEA; RETINA ROD; SYNAPSE VESICLE;

EID: 0032471946     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91233-7     Document Type: Article

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