Current applications of clinical confocal microscopy

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 300-307

  Dhaliwal, Jasmeet S ^a   Kaufman, Stephen C ^b   Chiou, Auguste G Y ^c  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Eye Surgery Center   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Confocal; Cornea; Dystrophy; Keratitis; Microscopy; Refractive

Indexed keywords

BASAL CELL; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFECTION; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 34250743269     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e3281b11665     Document Type: Review

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