Objective assessment of the corneal endothelium in Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1184-1190

  McLaren, Jay W ^a   Bachman, Lori A ^a   Kane, Katrina M ^a   Patel, Sanjay V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Endothelial cell density; Fuchs' endothelial dystrophy; Guttae

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP;

CORNEAL ENDOTHELIUM; ENDOTHELIAL CELL DENSITY; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; GUTTAE;

CELL COUNT; CORNEAL ENDOTHELIAL CELL LOSS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84897601839     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-13041     Document Type: Article

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