In vivo confocal microscopic findings in patients with limbal stem cell deficiency

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 523-529

  Miri, Ammar ^a,b   Alomar, Thaer ^a   Nubile, Mario ^c   Al aqaba, Muhamed ^a   Lanzini, Manuela ^c   Fares, Usama ^a   Said, Dalia G ^a,d   Lowe, James ^a   Dua, Harminder Singh ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^d RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE DISEASE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMBAL STEM CELL DEFICIENCY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL SIZE; CORNEAL DISEASES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; STEM CELLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858336260     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2011-300551     Document Type: Article

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