Correlation between the radial peripapillary capillaries and the retinal nerve fibre layer in the normal human retina

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 129, Issue , 2014, Pages 83-92

  Yu, Paula K ^a,b   Cringle, Stephen J ^a,b   Yu, Dao Yi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Correlation; Human donor eyes; Quantitative; Radial peripapillary capillaries; Retinal nerve fibre layer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DONOR; DONOR EYE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTIC DISK; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RADIAL PERIPAPILLARY CAPILLARY; RETINA ARTERY; RETINA BLOOD VESSEL; RETINAL NERVE FIBER LAYER THICKNESS; TEMPORAL LOBE; CADAVER; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PROCEDURES; REFERENCE VALUE; RETINA GANGLION CELL; VASCULARIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CADAVER; CAPILLARIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC DISK; REFERENCE VALUES; RETINAL GANGLION CELLS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84912048935     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2014.10.020     Document Type: Article

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