Morphometry of corneal epithelial cells on normal eyes and after anterior lamellar keratoplasty

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1118-1124

  Gaujoux, Thomas ^a   Touzeau, Olivier ^a   Laroche, Laurent ^a   Borderie, Vincent M ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

basal epithelial cells; Corneal epithelium; in vivo confocal microscopy; lamellar keratoplasty; morphometry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR LAMELLAR KERATOPLASTY; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL MIGRATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATITIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

CELL COUNT; CELL MOVEMENT; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77958152850     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181d5d93b     Document Type: Article

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