A quantitative study of the optic nerve in diabetic mutant, Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty (OLETF) rats

Congenital Anomalies

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 307-311

  Sawada, Kazuhiko ^a   Nitta, Sachiko ^a   Sakata Haga, Hiromi ^a   Ohnishi, Takamasa ^a   Fukui, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; OLETF; Optic nerve; Stereology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950047637     PISSN: 09143505     EISSN: 17414520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4520.2001.tb00840.x     Document Type: Article

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