Impression cytology findings in bullous keratopathy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 773-776

  Paris, Fabiana Dos Santos ^a   Gonçalves, Eliana Domingues ^a   Barros, Jeison De Nadai ^a   Campos, Mauro Silveira De Queiroz ^a   Sato, Élcio Hideo ^a   Gomes, José Álvaro Pereira ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; KERATOPATHY; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STEM CELL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYTODIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953755175     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.158881     Document Type: Article

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