Observations of banding patterns (Vogt striae) in keratoconus: A confocal microscopy study

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-166

  Hollingsworth, Joanna G ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen lamellae; Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Keratoconus; Vogt striae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MICROSCOPE; NERVE FIBER; OBSERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STROMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS;

EID: 14144254440     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000141231.03225.d8     Document Type: Article

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