In vivo confocal microscopy of fleck dystrophy and pre-descemet's membrane corneal dystrophy

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 160-163

  Holopainen, Juha M ^a   Moilanen, Jukka A O ^b   Tervo, Timo M T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cornea; Fleck dystrophy; In vivo confocal microscopy; Keratocyte; Pre Descemet's membrane corneal dystrophy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FLECK DYSTROPHY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; CORNEAL STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037363446     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200303000-00016     Document Type: Article

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