Corneal involvement in graves' orbitopathy: An in vivo confocal study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 4574-4578

  Villani, Edoardo ^a,b   Viola, Francesco ^a,b   Sala, Roberto ^a,b   Salvi, Mario ^a,b   Mapelli, Chiara ^a,b   Currò, Nicola ^a,b   Vannucchi, Guia ^a,b   Beck Peccoz, Paolo ^a,b   Ratiglia, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXOPHTHALMOS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; LACRIMAL FLUID; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY NERVE; STROMA CELL; SYMPTOM; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; DRY EYE; INNERVATION; KERATINOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; PAIN; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GRAVES OPHTHALMOPATHY; HUMANS; KERATINOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; PAIN;

EID: 77957349824     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5380     Document Type: Article

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