Corneal endothelial cell density and morphology in normal Iranian eyes

BMC Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Hashemian, Mohammad Nasser ^a   Moghimi, Sasan ^a   Fard, Masood Aghsaie ^a   Fallah, Mohammad Reza ^a   Mansouri, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN; IRAN; MALE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646255650     PISSN: 14712415     EISSN: 14712415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2415-6-9     Document Type: Article

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