In vivo confocal microscopy of conjunctiva-associated lymphoid tissue in healthy humans

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 5254-5262

  Agnifili, Luca ^a   Mastropasqua, Rodolfo ^b   Fasanella, Vincenzo ^a   Di Staso, Silvio ^c   Mastropasqua, Alessandra ^a   Brescia, Lorenza ^a   Mastropasqua, Leonardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Conjunctiva; Conjunctiva associated lymphoid tissue (CALT); In vivo confocal microscopy; Mucosa associated lymphoid tissue (MALT); Ocular aging

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENSITY; FEMALE; FOLLICULAR AREA; FOLLICULAR DENSITY; FOLLICULAR REFLECTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMPRESSION CYTOLOGY; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE DENSITY; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORMAL HUMAN; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; YOUNG ADULT;

CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE (CALT); IN VIVO CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; MUCOSA-ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE (MALT); OCULAR AGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CELL COUNT; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907652233     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14365     Document Type: Article

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