Confocal microscopy in the iridocorneal endothelial syndrome

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 697-702

  Chiou, Auguste G Y ^a,b   Kaufman, Stephen C ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^a   Ohta, Toshihiko ^a   Yaylali, Volkan ^a   Kaufman, Herbert E ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EDEMA; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IRIDOCORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL SYNDROME; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033020094     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.83.6.697     Document Type: Article

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