In vivo confocal microscopy in scarring trachoma

Ophthalmology

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2138-2146

  Hu, Victor H ^a,b   Weiss, Helen A ^a   Massae, Patrick ^b   Courtright, Paul ^b   Makupa, William ^b   Mabey, David C W ^a   Bailey, Robin L ^a   Burton, Matthew J ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kilimanjaro Centre for Community Ophthalmology   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; TRACHOMA; TRACHOMATOUS SCARRING; TRACHOMATOUS TRICHIASIS; TRICHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CICATRIX; CONJUNCTIVITIS, INCLUSION; DENDRITIC CELLS; EDEMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; TRACHOMA; TRICHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80255129217     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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