A layer of the cornea. It is the basal lamina of the CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM (from which it is secreted) separating it from the CORNEAL STROMA. It is a homogeneous structure composed of fine collagenous filaments, and slowly increases in thickness with age.
    

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Fungal infection after corneal graft

Fungal hyphae in the eye - TEM

The development of the posterior elastic lamina of the cornea or membrane of descemet / by E. Treacher Collins.

Über Rissbildung in der Membrana Descemeti : inaugural-dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde in der Medizin, chirurgie und Gebertshilfe / vorgelegt von Eugen Faber.

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Fungal hyphae in the eye - TEM

Fungal infection after corneal graft

The development of the posterior elastic lamina of the cornea or membrane of descemet / by E. Treacher Collins.

Fungal hyphae in the eye - TEM

Über Rissbildung in der Membrana Descemeti : inaugural-dissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde in der Medizin, chirurgie und Gebertshilfe / vorgelegt von Eugen Faber.