Age-related changes of human conjunctiva on in vivo confocal microscopy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1448-1453

  Zhu, Wenqing ^a   Hong, Jiaxu ^a   Zheng, Tianyu ^a   Le, Qihua ^a   Xu, Jianjiang ^a   Sun, Xinghuai ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LASER MICROSCOPY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; AGE; AGING; CYTOLOGY; DENDRITIC CELL; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONJUNCTIVA; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GOBLET CELLS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 78149492385     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.155820     Document Type: Article

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