Fluorescein punctate staining traced to superficial corneal epithelial cells by impression cytology and confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2127-2135

  Mokhtarzadeh, Maryam ^a   Casey, Richard ^a   Glasgow, Ben J ^a,b,c  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DRY EYE; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN PUNCTATE STAINING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYTOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYELID DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUORESCEIN; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 79956049938     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6489     Document Type: Article

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