Lysosomal hydrolase staining of conjunctival impression cytology specimens in keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 447-452

  Shen, Joanne F ^a   McMahon, Timothy T ^a   Cheng, E Lillian ^a   Sugar, Joel ^a   Yue, Beatrice Y J T ^a   Anderson, Robert J ^a   Begley, Carolyn ^b   Zhou, Jie ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Impression cytology; Keratoconus; Lysosomal hydrolases

Indexed keywords

DYE; ESTERASE; FIXATIVE; LYSOSOME ENZYME; RESIN; XYLENE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; KERATOCONUS; LIGHT INTENSITY; MALE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING;

EID: 0036084137     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200207000-00003     Document Type: Article

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