From the bedside to the bench and back again, with corneal confocal microscopy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1231-

  Malik, Rayaz A ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL BIOPSY; CORNEAL NERVE DAMAGE; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LATENT PERIOD; NERVE INJURY; NOCICEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN BIOPSY;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; MALE; NERVE FIBERS; OBESITY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;

EID: 84897610711     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14095     Document Type: Article

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