Keratocyte density: Comparison of two confocal microscopes

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 28-33

  McLaren, Jay W ^a,b   Nau, Cherie B ^a   Kitzmann, Anna S ^a   Bourne, William M ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; ConfoScan 3; Cornea; Keratocyte; Keratocyte density; Tandem scanning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MICROSCOPE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CELL COUNT; CYTOLOGY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 15044356473     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.0000151948.92593.C3     Document Type: Article

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