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  • Title: [Correlation between birefringence and histopathologic figures of keratoconus and bullous keratopathy].
    Author: Tamura S, Okisaka S, Momose A, Hatada T.
    Journal: Nippon Ganka Gakkai Zasshi; 2002 Jan; 106(1):23-7. PubMed ID: 11828762.
    Abstract:
    PURPOSE: We studied macroscopic pictures with polarizing filter and microscopic pictures of the corneas in keratoconus and bullous keratopathy. METHOD: Among penetrating keratoplasty specimens referred to the National Defense Medical College, we investigated 16 keratoconus and 189 bullous keratopathy specimens. Macrophotographs with polarizing filter and light microscopic photographs (hematoxylene-eosin staining) were investigated. The hyperbolic polarizing pattern, stromal thickness of corneal specimens and number of fibroblast-like cells in the stroma were analyzed. RESULT: Hyperbolic polarizing patterns depended on the number of fibroblast-like cells in the stroma and the thickness of the stroma, but hyperbolic polarizing patterns had no relation with the epithelium or endothelium of the cornea.
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