Optic nerve size and constituent components: Posterior is more

Neuro-Ophthalmology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 103-107

  Taban, Mehryar ^a   Heller, Keith B ^a   Hsu, Hugo Y ^a   Sadun, Alfredo A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Axonal population; Component; Human; Morphometric; Optic nerve

Indexed keywords

MYELIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; OPTIC CHIASM; OPTIC NERVE;

EID: 22244483131     PISSN: 01658107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01658100590958300     Document Type: Article

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