Histological Patterns of Epithelial Alterations in Keratoconus

Figure 1

Pattern 1: increased corneal epithelial thickness with focal hyperplasia in the central cornea (a) and normal thickness in the peripheral cornea (b). H&E-stained section. Original magnification 40x (a and b) and 5x (c). H&E: hematoxylin and eosin.

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