Clinical application of impression cytology
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Impression cytology in Down's syndrome.
AIM To evaluate both the number and the average distribution of goblet cells, which are responsible for the production of the mucin layer of the tear film, in the bulbar conjunctiva of patients with Down's syndrome. Previous research had used the ferning test to indicate an alteration in Down's syndrome, but had not determined which film layer was involved. METHODS The presence of goblet cell...
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عنوان ژورنال: Bulgarian Review of Ophthalmology
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1311-0624
DOI: 10.14748/bro.v63i2.6044