Gross characteristics of normal human lacrimal glands

Ocular Surface

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-22

  Lorber, Mortimer ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal development; Gross anatomy; Lacrimal gland; Orbit; Organ dimensions; Organ shape; Organ weight

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ANATOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRY EYE; EPIPHORA; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; EYE POSITION; EYELID; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; KERATITIS; LACRIMAL GLAND; LACRIMATION; LACRIMATION DISORDER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORBIT; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN WEIGHT; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TISSUE STRUCTURE; AGING; HISTOLOGY; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; REFERENCE VALUE;

AGING; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34447109236     PISSN: 15420124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1542-0124(12)70049-6     Document Type: Article

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