Morphological evaluation of normal human corneal epithelium

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 858-861

  Ehlers, Niels ^a   Heegaard, Steffen ^b   Hjortdal, Jesper ^a   Ivarsen, Anders ^a   Nielsen, Kim ^a   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

cornea; epithelium; histology; morphology

Indexed keywords

EOSIN; HEMATOXYLIN; PARAFFIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CHOROID MELANOMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; ENUCLEATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEESMANN CORNEAL DYSTROPHY; MICROSCOPY; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TISSUE SECTION; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 78649861182     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01610.x     Document Type: Article

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