In vivo confocal microscopic evaluation of corneal langerhans cells in dry eye patients

Open Ophthalmology Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2014, Pages 51-59

  Machetta, Federica ^a   Fea, Antonio M ^a   Actis, Alessandro G ^a   de Sanctis, Ugo ^a   Dalmasso, Paola ^b   Grignolo, Federico M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Dry eye; Langherans cells; Sj gren

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEPHARITIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRY EYE; DYSKERATOSIS; EYE REDNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LACRIMATION DISORDER; LANGERHANS CELL; NERVE PLEXUS; OCULAR SURFACE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIRMER TEST; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; SLIT LAMP; TEAR FILM;

EID: 84930505832     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18743641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874364101408010051     Document Type: Article

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