Ocular lymphatics: State-of-the-art review

Lymphology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 66-76

  Chen, Lu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Eye ocular disease; Lymphangiogenesis; Lymphatic pathway; Lymphatics

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE DISEASE; EYE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; HUMAN; LYMPHANGIOGENESIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; LYMPHEDEMA; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; REVIEW; UVEA;

EYE; EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM;

EID: 69249086599     PISSN: 00247766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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