Conjunctival in vivo confocal scanning laser microscopy in patients with atopic keratoconjunctivitis

Molecular Vision

Volumn 13, Issue , 2007, Pages 1379-1389

  Hu, Yiqian ^a,b   Adan, Enrique Sato ^a   Matsumoto, Yukihiro ^a   Dogru, Murat ^a,c   Fukagawa, Kazumi ^a   Takano, Yoji ^d   Tsubota, Kazuo ^a   Fujishima, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c TOKYO DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^d KAWASAKI MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIALLERGIC AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUORESCEIN; KETOTIFEN; ROSE BENGAL; STEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIRMER TEST; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; TEAR FILM; VITAL STAIN;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC; CORNEA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; STAINING AND LABELING; TEARS;

EID: 34547915556     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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