The significance of Vogt's striae in keratoconus as evaluated by in vivo confocal microscopy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 329-334

  Mocan, Mehmet C ^a   Yilmaz, Pinar Topcu ^a   Irkec, Murat ^a   Orhan, Mehmet ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

In vivo confocal microscopy; Keratoconus; Vogt's striae

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTION INDEX; SLIT LAMP; STRIA; STROMA; VOGT STRIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 47649132657     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2008.01737.x     Document Type: Article

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