Human lamina cribrosa insertion and age

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6870-6879

  Sigal, Ian A ^a,b,c   Flanagan, John G ^d,e   Lathrop, Kira L ^a   Tertinegg, Inka ^d   Bilonick, Richard ^a,f  

^a University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE PROCESSING; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LAMINA CRIBROSA; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; PIA MATER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; AGING; CADAVER; GLAUCOMA; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC NERVE DISEASE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CADAVER; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OPTIC DISK; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; PIA MATER;

EID: 84871912496     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-9890     Document Type: Article

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