In vivo visualisation of human corneal innervation with the help of confocal microscopy;In-vivo-Darstellung der Hornhautinnervation des Menschen mit Hilfe der konfokalen Mikroskopie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-146

  Richter, Andreas ^a   Slowik, Christine ^a   Somodi, Susanne ^a   Vick, Hans Peter ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf ^a  

^a ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; corneal innervation; human cornea; in vivo corneal microscopy; keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REINNERVATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE ENUCLEATION; EYE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE REGENERATION; ORBITAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030923908     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050095     Document Type: Article

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