Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide (VIP) innervation of the human eyelid glands

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 685-692

  Seifert, Peter ^a   Spitznas, Manfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accessory lacrimal glands; Apocrine sweat glands; Eccrine sweat glands; Goblet cells; Human eyelid; Innervation; Meibomian glands; Sebaceous glands; Ultrastructure; Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide

Indexed keywords

VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYELID; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; LACRIMAL GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SWEAT GLAND; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0033031961     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0652     Document Type: Article

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