Assessments of corneal endothelial cell density in growing children and its relationship to horizontal corneal diameter

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 762-770

  Müller, Andreas ^a   Doughty, Michael J ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood; Cornea; Endothelium; Growth; Morphometry

Indexed keywords

CELLS; MICROSCOPES;

ENDOTHELIAL CELL;

DENSITY (OPTICAL);

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CELL DENSITY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036908815     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200212000-00008     Document Type: Article

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