Architecture of arachnoid trabeculae, pillars, and septa in the subarachnoid space of the human optic nerve: Anatomy and clinical considerations

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 777-781

  Killer, H E ^a,b   Laeng, H R ^b   Flammer, J ^c   Groscurth, P ^d  

^a CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^b Kantonsspital Aarau ^*  (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARACHNOID; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENINX; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROOPHTHALMOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE; PAPILLEDEMA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ARACHNOID; CADAVER; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING TRANSMISSION; OPTIC NERVE; SUBARACHNOID SPACE;

EID: 0038694674     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.87.6.777     Document Type: Article

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