Endothelial morphometry by image analysis of corneas organ cultured at 31°C

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1356-1364

  Acquart, Sophie ^a,b   Gain, Philippe ^a,b   Zhao, Min ^b   Gavet, Yann ^c   Defreyn, Alexandre ^b   Piselli, Simone ^b   Garraud, Olivier ^a   Thuret, Gilles ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b Laboratory of Corneal Graft Biology   (France)

^c ECOLE DES MINES DE SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; LENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN DONOR; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OSMOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; ADOLESCENT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; EYEBANK; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE CYTOMETRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949906384     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-3103     Document Type: Article

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