The Retinal Capillaries

  • Sohan Singh Hayreh
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Abstract

The capillary bed is the most important component in the entire vascular system, because this is where actual nutrition to an organ takes place. His [1] in 1880 seems to have been first to describe the retinal capillaries. Later on Leber [2], in his book in 1903, gave a description of the retinal capillaries. However, the main contribution to our understanding of the retinal capillary network has been by the outstanding studies by Michaelson and Campbell [3–7] and later on by Kuwabara and colleagues [8–12].

Keywords

Optic Disc Retinal Vessel Capillary Network Plexiform Layer Mural Cell 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sohan Singh Hayreh
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  1. 1.Department of Ophthalmology and Visual SciencesUniversity of Iowa Hospitals and ClinicsIowa CityUSA

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