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Ciliary Body

Known as: EYE, CILIARY BODY, body ciliary, Ciliare, Corpus 
A ring of tissue extending from the scleral spur to the ora serrata of the RETINA. It consists of the uveal portion and the epithelial portion. The… Expand
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27 relations
Blood supply aspectsCDISC SDTM Anatomical Location TerminologyCDISC SEND Biospecimens TerminologyCiliary Body Disorder
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Narrower (4)

Ciliary epitheliumCiliary muscle structureCorona ciliarisStructure of pars plana

Broader (2)

EyeUveal Diseases

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Review
2017
Review
2017
Therapeutic targets of renin-angiotensin system in ocular disorders
Purpose To review current literature on the renin-angiotensin system (RAS)-mediated pathogenic mechanisms and therapeutic targets… Expand
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Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Very long-term prognosis of patients with malignant uveal melanoma.
PURPOSE To investigate the very long-term prognosis of patients with uveal melanoma and the clinical characteristics influencing… Expand
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Chitosan nanoparticles: a new vehicle for the improvement of the delivery of drugs to the ocular surface. Application to cyclosporin A.
Present limitations in the management of extraocular diseases include the inability to provide long-term extraocular drug… Expand
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Tissue-specific functions of individual glutathione peroxidases.
The family of glutathione peroxidases comprises four distinct mammalian selenoproteins. The classical enzyme (cGPx) is… Expand
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Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Presbyopia and the optical changes in the human crystalline lens with age
Lenses from 27 human eyes ranging in age from 10 to 87 years were used to determine how accommodation and age affect the optical… Expand
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Light propagation in tissues with controlled optical properties.
Theoretical and computer modeling approaches, such as Mie theory, radiative transfer theory, diffusion wave correlation… Expand
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Review
1993
Review
1993
Aquaporin CHIP: the archetypal molecular water channel.
Despite longstanding interest by nephrologists and physiologists, the molecular identities of membrane water channels remained… Expand
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Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Clinical use of ultrasound biomicroscopy.
The authors have developed a method of obtaining images of cross-sections of the intact anterior globe at microscopic resolution… Expand
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Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Prognostic factors in small malignant melanomas of choroid and ciliary body.
Two hundre seventeen small malignant melanomas, each with a volume less than 1,400/cu mm, were studied to determine what factors… Expand
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
Ocular and optic nerve blood flow at normal and increased intraocular pressures in monkeys (Macaca irus): a study with radioactively labelled microspheres including flow determinations in brain and…
The effects of moderate increments in the intraocular pressure on blood flow rates in the various tissues of the eye were studied… Expand
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