Corneal epithelium squamous metaplasia determination as diagnostic factor in limbal deficiency;Determinación del grado de metaplasia escamosa del epitelio corneal como factor diagnóstico de insuficiencia limbal

Archivos de la Sociedad Espanola de Oftalmologia

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 281-288

  Lopez Garcia J S ^a   Rivas, L ^b   Garcia Lozano I ^c  

^a HOSPITAL CENTRAL DE LA CRUZ ROJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

^c Instituto de Ciencias Visuales (INCIVI)   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aniridia; Impression cytology; Limbal deficiency; Ocular burns; Ocular surface

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METAPLASIA; PATHOLOGY; STEM CELL;

CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METAPLASIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STEM CELLS;

EID: 33845900252     PISSN: 03656691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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