Mapping the corneal sub-basal nerve plexus in keratoconus by in vivo laser scanning confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1348-1351

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; HUMAN; INNERVATION; KERATOCONUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE CELL NETWORK; NERVE FIBER; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE NET; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 33646015096     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-1217     Document Type: Article

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