Laser scanning in vivo confocal microscopy reveals reduced innervation and reduction in cell density in all layers of the keratoconic cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2964-2970

  Niederer, Rachael L ^a   Perumal, Divya ^a   Sherwin, Trevor ^a   McGhee, Charles N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CELL DENSITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; ETHNICITY; EYE DISCOMFORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INNERVATION; KERATOCONUS; LASER MICROSCOPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NERVE FIBER; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; AGE; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; ETHNOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 48249103975     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-0968     Document Type: Article

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