In-vivo confocal microscopy of the ocular surface: Ocular allergy and dry eye

Current Opinion in Allergy and Clinical Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 569-576

  Villani, Edoardo ^a,b,c   Mantelli, Flavio ^d   Nucci, Paolo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Hospital Eye Clinic   (Italy)

^c FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^d IRCCS FONDAZIONE BIETTI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Cornea; Dry eye disease; In vivo confocal microscopy; Ocular allergy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN A;

ATOPIC KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; DENDRITIC CELL; DRY EYE; ENDOCRINE OPHTHALMOPATHY; EPITHELIUM BASAL CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE ALLERGY; GOBLET CELL; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; IN VIVO STUDY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; LANGERHANS CELL; MEIBOMIAN GLAND; MEIBOMIAN GLAND DYSFUNCTION; METABOLIC ACTIVATION; NERVE PLEXUS; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SQUAMOUS CELL METAPLASIA; STANDARDIZATION; VERNAL CONJUNCTIVITIS;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EYE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MEIBOMIAN GLANDS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84883597242     PISSN: 15284050     EISSN: 14736322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACI.0b013e328364ec92     Document Type: Review

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