Monitoring ocular disease by impression cytology

Eye (Basingstoke)

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 506-516

  Adams, G G W ^a,b   Dilly, P N ^a   Kirkness, C M ^a,b  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CYTOLOGY; EXFOLIATIVE CYTOLOGY; EYE DISEASE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY;

ALKALIES; BOTULINUM TOXINS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EYE BURNS; EYE DISEASES; HUMAN; KERATITIS; UVEITIS;

EID: 0024151202     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1988.100     Document Type: Article

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