Pathologic epithelial and anterior corneal nerve morphology in early-stage congenital aniridic keratopathy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1803-1810

  Edén, Ulla ^a   Fagerholm, Per ^a   Danyali, Reza ^a   Lagali, Neil ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIRIDIA; ANTERIOR CORNEA NERVE; ARTICLE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL ANIRIDIC KERATOPATHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEAL TOUCH SENSITIVITY; DENDRITIC CELL; DENSITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPITHELIAL CORNEA NERVE; EYE EXAMINATION; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLIT LAMP; SWEDEN; TEAR BREAK UP TIME; TEAR FILM; ULTRASOUND; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIRIDIA; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DENDRITIC CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ACOUSTIC; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PEDIGREE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865675133     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: 15494713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2012.02.043     Document Type: Article

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