Imaging the microstructural abnormalities of Meesmann corneal dystrophy by in vivo confocal microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 669-673

  Patel, Dipika V ^a   Grupcheva, Christina N ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cornea; Dystrophy; Epithelium; In vivo confocal microscopy; Meesmann

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MEESMANN CORNEA DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 23044470821     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154389.51125.70     Document Type: Article

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