Corneal nerve aberrations in bullous keratopathy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 840-849.e1

  Al Aqaba, Mouhamed ^a   Alomar, Thaer ^a   Lowe, James ^a   Dua, Harminder S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHRONIC BULLOUS KERATOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA NERVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOPATHY; LASER SCANNING CYTOMETRY; MALE; NERVE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 79955084234     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2010.11.013     Document Type: Article

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