Orbital lymphatics: Do they exist?

Eye

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1145-1148

  Dickinson, A J ^a   Gausas, R E ^b  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymphatic; Lymphatic monoclonal antibody markers; Orbit

Indexed keywords

5' NUCLEOTIDASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CELL MARKER;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; LACRIMAL GLAND; LYMPH VESSEL; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NERVE SHEATH; OPTIC NERVE; ORBIT;

EID: 33749476373     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702378     Document Type: Conference Paper

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