Quantitative analysis of corneal microstructure in keratoconus utilising in vivo confocal microscopy

Eye

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 614-623

  Weed, K H ^a   MacEwen, C J ^a   Cox, A ^a   McGhee, C N J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248593508     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.eye.6702286     Document Type: Article

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