The relationship between subbasal nerve morphology and corneal sensation in ocular surface disease

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 4926-4931

  Labbé, Antoine ^a,b,c   Alalwani, Haiyan ^a   Van Went, Charles ^a   Brasnu, Emmanuelle ^a   Georgescu, Dan ^a,d   Baudouin, Christophe ^a,b,c  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^d Clinique Aguilera   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DRY EYE; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE PLEXUS; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; OPHTHALMIC ESTHESIOMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST; SUBBASAL CORNEAL NERVE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; INNERVATION; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS TISSUE; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; NERVE TISSUE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 84867287174     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8708     Document Type: Article

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