Fine structure of the interface between the anterior limiting lamina and the anterior stromal fibrils of the human cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3914-3918

  Mathew, Jessica H ^a   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CACODYLIC ACID; COLLAGEN FIBER; GLUTARALDEHYDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CORNEA STROMA; DONOR; ELECTRON; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CADAVER; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MIDDLE AGED; SCLERA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CADAVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; SCLERA;

EID: 53149092084     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0707     Document Type: Article

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