Epithelial innervation of human cornea: A three-dimensional study using confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 608-613

  Guthoff, Rudolf F ^a   Wienss, Holger ^a   Hahnel, Christian ^a   Wree, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

3D reconstruction; A fibers; C fibers; Confocal laser scanning fluorescence microscopy; Corneal nerve morphology; Life Dead Kit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EXPLANT; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KERATOPLASTY; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CORNEA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE FIBERS, UNMYELINATED;

EID: 21244467206     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154384.05614.8f     Document Type: Article

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