Corneal nerve alterations after descemet membrane endothelial keratoplasty: An in vivo confocal microscopy study

Cornea

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1134-1139

  Bucher, Franziska ^a   Hos, Deniz ^a   Matthaei, Mario ^a   Steven, Philipp ^a   Cursiefen, Claus ^a   Heindl, Ludwig M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Corneal nerve alterations; DMEK

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; LUBRICATING AGENT; OFLOXACIN; PILOCARPINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEST SPECTACLE CORRECTED VISUAL ACUITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; NEODYMIUM YAG LASER; NERVE PLEXUS; OPHTHALMIC ESTHESIOMETER; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; SLIT LAMP; TONOMETRY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS; ADVERSE EFFECTS; CORNEA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; INNERVATION; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; DESCEMET STRIPPING ENDOTHELIAL KERATOPLASTY; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE;

EID: 84926134724     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0000000000000250     Document Type: Article

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