Fibrillar Layer as a Marker for Areas of Pronounced Corneal Endothelial Cell Loss in Advanced Fuchs Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy.

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We sought to assess the correlation of corneal endothelial cell (CEC) density to alterations of collagen composition of Descemet membrane (DM) in advanced Fuchs endothelial corneal dystrophy (FECD) and to image such changes by slit-lamp biomicroscopy in vivo.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Ophthalmol

Title: American journal of ophthalmology

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1879-1891

ISSN (Print): 0002-9394

Publication date (Electronic): February 2021

Volume: 222

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[1 ] Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

[2 ] Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany; Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany.

[3 ] Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital Cologne, Cologne, Germany. Electronic address: mario.matthaei@uk-koeln.de.

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Publisher Item ID: S0002-9394(20)30528-6

DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2020.09.030

PubMed ID: 32971030

SO-VID: 4ec9920d-36b5-4306-bbf5-4f374167f8c9

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