In vivo confocal microscopy of meibomian glands in contact lens wearers

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 5215-5219

  Villani, Edoardo ^a   Ceresara, Gaia ^a   Beretta, Silvia ^a   Magnani, Fabrizio ^a   Viola, Francesco ^a   Ratiglia, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONJUNCTIVA; DRY EYE; EPITHELIUM CELL; HYDROPHILIC CONTACT LENS; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; BLEPHARITIS; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENSES, HYDROPHILIC; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052795925     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-7427     Document Type: Article

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