Scattered light measurements of the cornea in contact lens wearers. In vivo investigations by means of confocal slit scanning microscopy;STREULICHTUNTERSUCHUNG DER KORNEA BEI KONTAKTLINSENTRAGERN. IN-VIVO-UNTERSUCHUNGEN MITTELS DER KONFOKALEN SPALT-SCANNING-MIKROSKOPIE

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 252-256

  Nagel, S ^a,b   Wiegand, W ^a,b   Thaer, A A ^a,b   Geyer, O Chr ^b  

^a Allgemeines Krankenhaus Eilbek   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

contact lenses; corneal scattered light measurement; endothelial cell polymegatism; in vivo corneal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; HUMAN; LIGHT SCATTERING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION SCATTERING;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, VIDEO; MIDDLE AGED; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 0029666369     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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