Muller cell cone, an overlooked part of the anatomy of the fovea centralis: Hypotheses concerning its role in the pathogenesis of macular hole and foveomacular retinoschisis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 821-823

  Gass, J Donald M ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

XANTHOPHYLL;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MUELLER CELL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RETINA MACULA HOLE; RETINOSCHISIS; ULTRASTRUCTURE; FEMALE; GLIA; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY; RETINA DEGENERATION; RETINA TEAR;

FEMALE; FOVEA CENTRALIS; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROGLIA; PHILOSOPHY; RETINAL DEGENERATION; RETINAL PERFORATIONS;

EID: 0032588081     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.117.6.821     Document Type: Article

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