Clinical and microstructural analysis of patients with hyper-reflective corneal endothelial nuclei imaged by in vivo confocal microscopy

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-687

  Patel, Dipika V ^a   Phua, Yun Shan ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Endothelium; In vivo; Nuclei

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPER REFLECTIVE CORNEA; IN VIVO STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 31044453465     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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