In vivo confocal microscopic evidence of keratopathy in patients with pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1755-1761

  Zheng, Xiaodong ^a   Shiraishi, Atsushi ^a   Okuma, Shinichi ^a   Mizoue, Shiro ^a   Goto, Tomoko ^a,b   Kawasaki, Shiro ^a   Uno, Toshihiko ^a,c   Miyoshi, Tomoko ^a,b   Ruggeri, Alfredo ^d   Ohashi, Yuichi ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takanoko Hospital   (Japan)

^c MATSUYAMA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; STROMA CELL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; NERVE FIBERS; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 79955930097     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6098     Document Type: Article

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