Corneal involvement in crohn's disease: An in vivo confocal microscopy study

Cornea

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-142

  Ceresara, Gaia ^a   Fogagnolo, Paolo ^b   De Cillà, Stefano ^a   Panizzo, Valerio ^a   Danelli, Pier Giorgio ^a   Orzalesi, Nicola ^a   Rossetti, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

activated keratocytes; basal epithelium; confocal microscopy; Crohn's disease; immunosuppressive therapy

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; MESALAZINE; METHOTREXATE; STEROID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CROHN DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATITIS; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROHN DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MESALAMINE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78651358726     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181e9ac98     Document Type: Article

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