Endothelial Involvement in Herpes Simplex Virus Keratitis: An In Vivo Confocal Microscopy Study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Hillenaar, Toine ^a,b   Weenen, Christien ^a   Wubbels, René J ^b   Remeijer, Lies ^a  

^a ROTTERDAM EYE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 70350572314     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.04.022     Document Type: Article

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