Three-dimensional scanning electron microscopic study of keratoconus corneas

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-68

  Sawaguchi, Shoichi ^a   Fukuchi, Takeo ^b   Abe, Haruki ^c   Kaiya, Tadayoshi ^d   Sugar, Joel ^a   Yue, Beatrice V J T ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SEIREI HAMAMATSU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SCAR;

EID: 0031886457     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.1.62     Document Type: Article

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