Evidence for posterior zonular fiber attachment on the anterior hyaloid membrane

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4708-4713

  Bernal, Andres ^a,b   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,b,c,d   Manns, Fabrice ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CADAVER; CILIARY BODY; DEVICE; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; LENS CAPSULE; LIGAMENT; POSTERIOR LENS CAPSULE; POSTERIOR ZONULAR FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; CELL JUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VITREOUS BODY;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADHERENS JUNCTIONS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LIGAMENTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 34247148945     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0441     Document Type: Article

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