Ex vivo confocal microscopy of human corneal nerves

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1251-1257

  Al Aqaba, Mouhamed A ^a   Alomar, Thaer ^a   Miri, Ammar ^a   Fares, Usama ^a   Otri, Ahmad Muneer ^a   Dua, Harmnider S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA NERVE; EX VIVO STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; NERVE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGED; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; FEMALE; INNERVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGE; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMORTEM CHANGES;

EID: 77956609290     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2009.178244     Document Type: Article

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