Correlation of the appearance of the keratoconic cornea in vivo by confocal microscopy and in vitro by light microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 397-405

  Hollingsworth, Joanna G ^a   Bonshek, Richard E ^a   Efron, Nathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Keratoconus; Light microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPINDLE CELL; STROMA CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 17844366087     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151548.46231.27     Document Type: Article

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