Fine structural analysis of extraocular muscle spindles of a two-year- old human infant

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 55-64

  Blumer, Roland ^a   Lukas, Julius Robert ^b   Aigner, Martin ^b   Bittner, Reginald ^b   Baumgartner, Isabella ^b   Mayr, Robert ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE SPINDLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; MUSCLE FIBERS; MUSCLE SPINDLES; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES;

EID: 0032905892     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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