A case of bilateral corneal epithelial dysplasia characterized by laser confocal biomicroscopy and cytokeratin immunofluorescence

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 107-110

  Wakuta, Makiko ^a   Chikama, Tai Ichiro ^b   Takahashi, Norihisa ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal dysplasia; Cytokeratin; Immunofluorescence; Laser confocal microscope

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 12; CYTOKERATIN 4;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KERATIN-12; KERATIN-4; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 40449123479     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318158340e     Document Type: Article

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