Age-related changes in the human retina

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Cavallotti, Carlo ^a   Artico, Marco ^a   Pescosolido, Nicola ^a   Tranquilli Leali, Francesca Maria ^a   Feher, Janos ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Age; Bipolar cells; Ganglion cells; Photoreceptors; Quantitative analysis of images; Retina

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CYTOPLASM; ENUCLEATION; ERROR; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; GANGLION; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN DONOR; PHOTORECEPTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RETINA BIPOLAR GANGLION CELL; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; STANDARD;

EID: 1542314354     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0008-4182(04)80054-1     Document Type: Article

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