Laser Scanning In Vivo Confocal Analysis of Keratocyte Density in Keratoconus

Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 845-850

  Ku, Judy Y F ^a   Niederer, Rachael L ^a   Patel, Dipika V ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42649117162     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2007.04.067     Document Type: Article

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