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Ultrastructural features of posterior vitreous detachment

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The ultrastructural features of vitreoretinal relations in the posterior fundus of enucleated eyes were studied. Vitreous detachment occurs at the anatomical vitreoretinal juncture, between the inner limiting lamina of the retina and the vitreous cortex, the surface of the lamina becoming smooth and without vitreous residues.

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Die Beziehungen zwischen Glaskörper und Netzhaut am hinteren Pol enukleierter Augen wurden elektronenmikroskopisch untersucht. Die Glaskörperabhebung findet an der anatomischen Grenze zwischen Glaskörper und Netzhaut statt, also zwischen der inneren Grenzmembran der Netzhaut und der Glaskörperrinde. Die Oberfläche der Grenzmembran wird vollkommen glatt und frei von Glaskörperresten.

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  1. The Department of Pathology and the Jules Stein Eye Institute, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California

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This investigation was supported in part by Public Health Service research grants EY00331, EY01090, and EY00725 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health.

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Foos, R.Y. Ultrastructural features of posterior vitreous detachment. Albrecht von Graefes Arch. Klin. Ophthalmol. 196, 103–111 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00414796

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