In Vivo confocal microscopy in dry eye disease and related conditions

Seminars in Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 5-6, 2012, Pages 138-148

  Alhatem, Albert ^a   Cavalcanti, Bernardo ^a   Hamrah, Pedram ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry eye disease; In vivo confocal microscopy; Meibomian gland; Nerves; Ocular surface

Indexed keywords

CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRY EYE; HUMAN; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEBACEOUS GLAND DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EYELID DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY;

DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EYELID DISEASES; HUMANS; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84869814503     PISSN: 08820538     EISSN: 17445205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08820538.2012.711416     Document Type: Review

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