In vivo confocal microscopy of meibomian glands in Sjögren's Syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 933-939

  Villani, Edoardo ^a   Beretta, Silvia ^a   de Capitani, Michela ^a   Galimberti, Daniela ^a   Viola, Francesco ^a   Ratiglia, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACINAR CELL; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IN VIVO STUDY; LACRIMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; TEAR FILM; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; EYELID DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAINING;

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DYE; FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; HUMANS; LISSAMINE GREEN DYES; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SJOGREN'S SYNDROME; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79953285699     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5995     Document Type: Article

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