Anatomic alterations in aging and age-related diseases of the eye

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Grossniklaus, Hans E ^a   Nickerson, John M ^a   Edelhauser, Henry F ^a   Bergman, Louise A M K ^b   Berglin, Lennart ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Anatomy; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CHOROID; CILIARY BODY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; HUMAN; LENS; MORPHOMETRICS; OPTIC NERVE; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINA MACULA CYSTOID EDEMA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCLERA; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 84890419159     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-12711     Document Type: Article

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