Corneal nerve architecture in a donor with unilateral epithelial basement membrane dystrophy

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 185-191

  He, Jiucheng ^a   Bazan, Haydee E P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal innervations; Epithelial basement membrane dystrophy; Immunofluorescence of corneal nerves; Recurrent erosion syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA NERVE; DONOR; DYSTROPHY; EPITHELIAL BASEMENT MEMBRANE DYSTROPHY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; STEREOMICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE ENDING; OPTIC NERVE; PHOTOMETRY;

COGAN SYNDROME; CORNEA; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; TISSUE DONORS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE DISEASES; TUBULIN;

EID: 84872060611     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000345766     Document Type: Article

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