Conjunctival surface changes in patients with Sjögren's syndrome: A transmission electron microscopy study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 541-544

  Koufakis, Dimitris I ^a,b   Karabatsas, Costas H ^b   Sakkas, Lazaros I ^b   Alvanou, Athanasia ^c   Manthos, Anastasios K ^c   Chatzoulis, Dimitris Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MICROVILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; AGED; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SECRETORY VESICLE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MICROVILLI; MIDDLE AGED; SECRETORY VESICLES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME;

EID: 33644853693     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0804     Document Type: Article

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