Clinicopathologic Study of Conjunctivochalasis

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 294-298

  Watanabe, Akihide ^a   Yokoi, Norihiko ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a   Hino, Yoko ^a   Tsuchihashi, Yasunari ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aging; Conjunctivochalasis; Elastica van Gieson staining; Lymphangiectasia

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CONJUNCTIVAL BIOPSY; CONJUNCTIVOCHALASIS; CONJUNCTIVOPLASTY; DRY EYE; ELASTIC FIBER; EYE IRRITATION; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; LYMPH FLOW; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PINGUECULA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; SLIT LAMP; STAINING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACRIMAL APPARATUS DISEASES; LYMPHANGIECTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 1642422831     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200404000-00013     Document Type: Article

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