Clinical Corneal Confocal Microscopy

Survey of Ophthalmology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 482-500

  Chiou, Auguste G Y ^a,b   Kaufman, Stephen C ^a   Kaufman, Herbert E ^a   Beuerman, Roger W ^c  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b Eye Surgery Center   (Switzerland)

^c SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

confocal microscopy; cornea; in vivo microscopic examination

Indexed keywords

AGENTS ACTING ON THE EYE; AMIODARONE; AMYLOID; CHLOROQUINE; CHLORPROMAZINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GOLD; IRON; SILVER NITRATE;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INJURY; KERATITIS; KERATOPATHY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN DEFECT; STIMULUS;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 33748041960     PISSN: 00396257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.survophthal.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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