In vivo confocal microscopy of the ocular surface: From bench to bedside and back again

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1557-1558

  Zhivov, Andrey ^a   Guthoff, Rudolf F ^a   Stachs, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EYE DROPS;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE; EDITORIAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; WOUND HEALING;

CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 78649847072     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2010.187906     Document Type: Editorial

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