Quantitative evaluation of corneal epithelial oedema by confocal microscopy

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Morishige, Naoyuki ^a   Takahashi, Norihisa ^a   Chikamoto, Nobuhiko ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal cell layer; Confocal microscopy; Cornealepithelial oedema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FLUOROMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATOPATHY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BLISTER; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CORNEAL EDEMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INFLAMMATION; KERATITIS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 65449188602     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: 14429071     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2009.02020.x     Document Type: Article

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