A note about retinal structure and visual acuity. A light microscopic study of the cones in fovea centralis

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-49

  Rostgaard, Jørgen ^a   Qvortrup, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cone cells; Fovea centralis; Light microscopy; Non shrinkage methods; Primate eye; Resolution; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; CELL STRUCTURE; EYE REFRACTION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; RETINA FOVEA; RHESUS MONKEY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032906712     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1999.770111.x     Document Type: Article

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