Ultrastructure of the Cornea Epithelium in Keratoconus

Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-54

  Aktekin, Mustafa ^a   Sargon, Mustafa F ^a   Çakar, Pinar ^b   Çelik, H Hamdi ^a   Firat, Esin ^b  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SSK Ankara Eye Hospital   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Corneal epitelium; Electron microscopy; Keratoconus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PATHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING;

EID: 0032058534     PISSN: 0030154X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2535/ofaj1936.75.1_45     Document Type: Article

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