Formation of the aqueous humor

Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 100-106

  Macknight, Anthony D C ^a   McLaughlin, Charles W ^a   Peart, David ^a   Purves, Robert D ^a   Carré, David A ^b   Civan, Mortimer M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aqueous humor; Ciliary body; Epithelial secretion; Glaucoma; X ray microanalysis

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS HUMOR FLOW; AQUEOUS HUMOR FORMATION; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; GLAUCOMA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY;

ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BICARBONATES; CHLORIDES; CILIARY BODY; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; ION TRANSPORT; POTASSIUM; RABBITS; SODIUM;

EID: 0033953736     PISSN: 03051870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1681.2000.03208.x     Document Type: Article

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