Corneal Epithelial Barrier Function in Diabetic Patients

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 35-37

  Gekka, Mamomu ^a   Miyata, Kazunori ^a   Nagai, Yuji ^a   Nemoto, Shingo ^a   Sameshima, Tomokazu ^a   Tanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Maruoka, Shinji ^a   Nakahara, Masaaki ^a   Kato, Satoshi ^b   Amano, Shiro ^b,c  

^a Miyata Eye Hospital   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barrier function; Corneal epithelium; Diabetic keratopathy

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; KERATOPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIRMER TEST;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 9144231400     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200401000-00006     Document Type: Article

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