Architecture of human corneal nerves

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 985-994

  Müller, Linda J ^a   Vrensen, Gijs F J M ^a   Pels, Liesbeth ^a   Cardozo, Bob Nunes ^a   Willekens, Ben ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR NEUROSCIENCE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

epithelium; human corneal nerve fibers; quantification; sub basal plexus; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INNERVATION; MICROSCOPY; NERVE DEGENERATION; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; NERVE FIBERS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

EID: 1842413140     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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