Effect of age on the morphology and optical quality of the avian crystalline lens

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 629-640

  Priolo, S ^a   Sivak, J G ^a   Kuszak, J R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Chicks; Focal length; Focal length variability; Lens; Suture

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROWTH RATE; LENS; LENS FIBER; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033386595     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1999.0740     Document Type: Article

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