A comparative SEM study of the vertebrate corneal epithelium

Cornea

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 218-230

  Collin, Shaun P ^a   Collin, H Barry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Epithelium; Microplicae; Microridges; Microvilli; SEM

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MEMBRANE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTUARY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA IMAGE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEAR FILM; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL MEMBRANE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROVILLI; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0034101811     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200003000-00017     Document Type: Article

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