Pilot study on the use of impression cytology specimens for quantitative assessment of the surface area of bulbar conjunctival cells

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 75, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 591-599

  Blades, Kenneth ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^a   Patel, Sudi ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Human; Impression cytology; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIMEN PREPARATION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

BULBAR CONJUNCTIVAL CELLS; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY;

OPHTHALMOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL SURFACE; CONJUNCTIVA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STAINING;

EID: 0032145561     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-199808000-00024     Document Type: Article

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