Anatomy of the human corneal innervation

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 478-492

  Marfurt, Carl F ^a   Cox, Jeremiah ^a   Deek, Sylvia ^a   Dvorscak, Lauren ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE NORTHWEST   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal nerves; Subbasal nerves

Indexed keywords

BETA TUBULIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA STROMA; FROZEN SECTION; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INNERVATION; NERVE ENDING; NERVE FUNCTION; NERVE PLEXUS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTICAL DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; TUBULIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950021212     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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