Configuration of the optic chiasm in humans with albinism as revealed by magnetic resonance imaging

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-21

  Schmitz, Bernd ^a   Schaefer, Torsten ^a   Krick, Christoph M ^a   Reith, Wolfgang ^a   Backens, Martin ^a   Käsmann Kellner, Barbara ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE FIBER; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OPTIC CHIASM;

EID: 0037251394     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0156     Document Type: Article

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