Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 515-520 , October 2009

Sectional Anatomy of the Optic Pathways on the Coronal Plane

  • Cheng-Chun Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Shanghai, China
    • Cheng-Chun Chen and Fei Huang contributed equally to this work.
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  • Fei Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Binzhou Medical College, Yantai, Shanghai, China
    • Cheng-Chun Chen and Fei Huang contributed equally to this work.
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  • Hua-Xin Shao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Shanghai, China
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  • Jian-Hua Jin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou, Shanghai, China
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  • Zhen-Ping Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Shandong University School of Medicine, Jinan, Shanghai, China
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  • Chuan-Sen Zhang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Human Anatomy, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chuan-Sen Zhang, Department of Human Anatomy, Second Military Medical University, 800, Xiangyin Road, Shanghai 200433, China

Received 10 February 2009 ,Accepted 26 August 2009.

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PII: S1726-4901(09)70420-4

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(09)70420-4

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 72, Issue 10 , Pages 515-520 , October 2009

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