Morphology of corneal basal epithelial cells by in vivo slit-scanning confocal microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 246-248

  Harrison, Devin A ^a,c   Joos, Cara ^a   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Corneal epithelium; Epithelial cells; Image analysis; Refractive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0037378661     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200304000-00013     Document Type: Article

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