Evaluation of human conjunctival epithelium by a combination of brush cytology and flow cytometry: An approach to the quantitative technique

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 456-460

  Fujihara, Tsutomu ^a   Takeuchi, Tsutomu ^b   Saito, Keiko ^b   Kitajima, Yasuo ^c   Kobayashi, Tadao K ^d,e   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d Utsunomiya Hospital   (Japan)

^e Medical Care Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accellon M ; Brush cytology; Conjunctival epithelial cells; Cytobrush S ; Flow cytometry; Immunofluorescence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030829158     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0339(199712)17:6<456::AID-DC15>3.0.CO;2-L     Document Type: Article

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