Age-related changes of human limbus on in vivo confocal microscopy

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 782-786

  Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Xu, Jianjiang ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Basal cells; Confocal microscopy; Limbus; Niche; Vogt palisades

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO CULTURE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; STEM CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CELL SIZE; CHILD; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS;

EID: 49849087002     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816f5ec3     Document Type: Article

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