Type IV melanosomes of the human albino iris.
- 1 July 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in British Journal of Ophthalmology
- Vol. 69 (7) , 537-541
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bjo.69.7.537
Abstract
EM of an iris biopsy specimen from a clinically tyrosinase-negative human albino demonstrated type IV mature melanosomes. Possible mechanisms for the formation in this condition of these organelles, which have not previously been described at this site, are discussed.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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