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. 2010 Dec;51(12):6083–6094. doi: 10.1167/iovs.10-5470

Figure 5.

Figure 5.

AFM tapping mode images of the human cornea. (A) AFM image of the surface of the anterior basement membrane. (B) AFM image of the surface of Descemet's membrane. These images reveal that the structural features of Descemet's membrane and smaller and more dense that those of the anterior basement membrane. Reprinted with permission from Abrams GA, Schaus SS, Goodman SL, Nealey PF, Murphy CJ. Nanoscale topography of the corneal epithelial basement membrane and Descemet's membrane of the human. Cornea. 2000;19:57–64. Copyright 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.