Structures of the corneal limbus detected by laser-scanning confocal biomicroscopy as related to the palisades of Vogt detected by slit-lamp microscopy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 199-203

  Takahashi, Norihisa ^a   Chikama, Tai Ichiro ^b   Yanai, Ryoji ^a   Nishida, Teruo ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Limbus; Palisades of Vogt; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CELL LOSS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIMBAL PALISADES OF VOGT; MALE; MICROSCOPE; MORPHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STEM CELL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749133369     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10384-008-0661-4     Document Type: Article

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