Corneal epithelial immune dendritic cell alterations in subtypes of dry eye disease: A pilot in vivo confocal microscopic study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7179-7185

  Kheirkhah, Ahmad ^a   Rahimi Darabad, Raheleh ^a   Cruzat, Andrea ^a,b   Hajrasouliha, Amir Reza ^a   Witkin, Deborah ^a   Wong, Nadia ^a   Dana, Reza ^a   Hamrah, Pedram ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dendritic cells; Dry eye disease; In vivo confocal microscopy; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DENDRITIC CELL; DRY EYE; EVAPORATION; FEMALE; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SJOEGREN SYNDROME; AGED; CELL COUNT; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENDRITIC CELLS; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946594072     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.15-17433     Document Type: Article

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