Comparative observations on corneas, with special reference to Bowman's layer and Descemet's membrane in mammals and amphibians

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 254, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 247-258

  Hayashi, Shuichiro ^a   Osawa, Tokuji ^a   Tohyama, Koujiro ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bowman's layer; Cornea; Descemet's membrane; FLS like structure

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; C3H MOUSE; CAT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FROG; GUINEA PIG; HUMAN; LARVA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; RABBIT; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMALS; CATS; CATTLE; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; GUINEA PIGS; HUMANS; LARVA; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C3H; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; RABBITS; RANA TEMPORARIA; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

AMPHIBIA; BOS TAURUS; CAVIA PORCELLUS; FELIS CATUS; MAMMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0036893843     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10030     Document Type: Article

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