Impression cytology of the ocular surface: Examination technique and staining procedure;Citologia de impressão da superfície ocular: Técnica de exame e de coloração

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 127-131

  De Nadai Barros, Jeison ^c   Mascaro, Vera Lucia Degaspare Monte ^a   Gomes, José Álvaro Pereira ^a   De Freitas, Denise ^a   De Lima, Ana Luisa Hofling ^b  

^a Setor de Doenças Externas Oculares e Córnea   (Brazil)

^b Departamento de Oftalmologia   (Brazil)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Conjunctiva cytology; Cornea; Cytodiagnosis methods; Cytological techniques; Staining and labeling methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244445035     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492001000200007     Document Type: Article

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