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Confocal microscopy of the human cornea in vivo

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In vivo, scanning-slit, confocal microscopy offers improved resolution and has resulted in new discoveries of corneal pathology at the cellular level. The ability to provide high resolution, real-time images of the full thickness of the living human cornea gives the clinician and the researcher an important new tool.

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  1. Inselspital, Universitäts-Augenklinik, 3010, Bern, Switzerland

    Barry R. Masters & Matthias Böhnke

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    Barry R. Masters & Matthias Böhnke

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Masters, B.R., Böhnke, M. (2001). Confocal microscopy of the human cornea in vivo . In: Sampaolesi, J.R. (eds) Laser Scanning: Update 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0322-3_3

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