In vivo confocal microscopy of the ocular surface: From bench to bedside

Current Eye Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 213-231

  Villani, Edoardo ^a,b,c   Baudouin, Christophe ^d   Efron, Nathan ^e   Hamrah, Pedram ^f   Kojima, Takashi ^g   Patel, Sanjay V ^h   Pflugfelder, Stephen C ⁱ   Zhivov, Andrey ^j   Dogru, Murat ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b San Giuseppe Hospital Eye Clinic   (Italy)

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

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

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f Boston Ocular Surface Center   (United States)

^g KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^h MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

ⁱ CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

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Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Dry eye; Glaucoma; Keratitis; Keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATITIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL;

EID: 84893934184     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2013.842592     Document Type: Review

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