The lid wiper and muco-cutaneous junction anatomy of the human eyelid margins: An in vivo confocal and histological study

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 449-461

  Knop, Erich ^a   Knop, Nadja ^a   Zhivov, Andrey ^b   Kraak, Robert ^b   Korb, Donald R ^c   Blackie, Caroline ^c   Greiner, Jack V ^d   Guthoff, Rudolf ^b  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b ROSTOCK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

^c Korb Associates   (United States)

^d SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Dry eye disease; Eyelid margin; Human; In vivo confocal microscopy; Lid wiper; Marx's line; Muco cutaneous junction; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CORNEA; EPIDERMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYELID; EYELID MARGIN; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEAR FILM; THICKNESS; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM; EYELIDS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

MEIBOMIA;

EID: 79952755951     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2011.01355.x     Document Type: Article

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