Confocal microscopy of the bulbar conjunctiva in contact lens wear

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-52

  Efron, Nathan ^a   Al Dossari, Munira ^a   Pritchard, Nicola ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Contact lenses; Epithelium; Goblet cells; Langerhans cells; Laser scanning confocal microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LANGERHANS CELL; LENS EPITHELIUM; MALE; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; CELL COUNT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; CYST; GOBLET CELL; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY;

ADULT; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; CONTACT LENSES; CYSTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; LANGERHANS CELLS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 75649085351     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181acf82a     Document Type: Article

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