Long-standing Bullous Keratopathy Is Associated with Peripheral Conjunctivalization and Limbal Deficiency

Ophthalmology

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1098-1101

  Uchino, Yuichi ^a,b   Goto, Eiki ^a,b   Takano, Yoji ^a,b,c   Dogru, Murat ^a,b   Shinozaki, Naoshi ^a   Shimmura, Shigeto ^a,b   Yagi, Yukiko ^a   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a,b   Shimazaki, Jun ^a  

^a TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; EPITHELIZATION; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MALE; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODIC ACID-SCHIFF REACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33745382356     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2006.01.034     Document Type: Article

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