Corneal collagen cross-linking: A confocal, electron, and light microscopy study of eye bank corneas

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-67

  Dhaliwal, Jasmeet S ^a   Kaufman, Stephen C ^b  

^a Kish Health System   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Confocal; Cornea; Cross linking; Electron; Keratoconus; Keratocyte; Microscopy; Riboflavin; Ultraviolet A

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CROSS LINKING; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EYEBANK; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

APOPTOSIS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE BANKS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; RIBOFLAVIN; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 62149128261     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818225c3     Document Type: Article

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