Observation of human corneal and scleral collagen fibrils by atomic force microscopy

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 800-805

  Yamamoto, Susumu ^a,d   Hitomi, Jiro ^a   Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^b   Abe, Haruki ^c   Shigeno, Masatsugu ^a   Ushiki, Tatsuo ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^c SEIKO INSTRUMENTS INC   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Collagen fibril; Cornea; Sclera; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SCLERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

AGED; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; SCLERA;

EID: 0032732245     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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