Confocal imaging of the keratocyte network in porcine cornea using the fixable vital dye 5-chloromethylfluorescein diacetate

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Poole, C A ^a   Brookes, N H ^a   Clover, G M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

5 chloromethylfluorescein diacetate; Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Keratocytes; Three dimensional reconstruction, pig

Indexed keywords

5 CHLOROMETHYLFLUORESCEIN; DYE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL LABELING; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM; EPITHELIUM; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; SWINE;

EID: 0029933310     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689608997410     Document Type: Article

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