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Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface
Important functions of cornea in the eye include protecting the structures inside the eye, contributing to the refractive power of the eye, and focusing light rays on the retina with minimum scatter and optical degradation. Considerable advances have taken place in understanding the organization of...
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29380756 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_646_17 |
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| author | Sridhar, Mittanamalli S |
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| description | Important functions of cornea in the eye include protecting the structures inside the eye, contributing to the refractive power of the eye, and focusing light rays on the retina with minimum scatter and optical degradation. Considerable advances have taken place in understanding the organization of collagen in the corneal stroma and its clinical significance. In this review, the structure and function of various components of cornea and ocular surface are presented. |
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| spelling | pubmed-58190932018-02-22 Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface Sridhar, Mittanamalli S Indian J Ophthalmol Review Article for Residents Important functions of cornea in the eye include protecting the structures inside the eye, contributing to the refractive power of the eye, and focusing light rays on the retina with minimum scatter and optical degradation. Considerable advances have taken place in understanding the organization of collagen in the corneal stroma and its clinical significance. In this review, the structure and function of various components of cornea and ocular surface are presented. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018-02 /pmc/articles/PMC5819093/ /pubmed/29380756 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_646_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Indian Journal of Ophthalmology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms. |
| spellingShingle | Review Article for Residents Sridhar, Mittanamalli S Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface |
| title | Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface |
| title_full | Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface |
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| title_short | Anatomy of cornea and ocular surface |
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| topic | Review Article for Residents |
| url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5819093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29380756 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijo.IJO_646_17 |
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