Noncontact specular microscopy of human lens epithelium

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 474-481

  Balaram, Mini ^a,b   Tung, William H ^a,b   Kuszak, Jerome R ^c   Ayaki, Masahiko ^a,b   Shinohara, Toshimichi ^a,b   Chylack Jr , Leo T ^a,b,d  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Center for Ophthalmic Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAPSULORHEXIS; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; LENS EPITHELIUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033950993     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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