"Microscopy, Confocal" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A light microscopic technique in which only a small spot is illuminated and observed at a time. An image is constructed through point-by-point scanning of the field in this manner. Light sources may be conventional or laser, and fluorescence or transmitted observations are possible.
| Descriptor ID |
D018613
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.350.515.395 E05.595.395
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| Concept/Terms |
Microscopy, Confocal- Microscopy, Confocal
- Confocal Microscopy
- Confocal Microscopies
- Microscopies, Confocal
Laser Scanning Microscopy- Laser Scanning Microscopy
- Laser Scanning Microscopies
- Microscopies, Laser Scanning
- Microscopy, Laser Scanning
- Scanning Microscopies, Laser
- Scanning Microscopy, Laser
Laser Microscopy- Laser Microscopy
- Laser Microscopies
- Microscopies, Laser
- Microscopy, Laser
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| 2015 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Microscopy, Confocal" by people in Profiles.
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Mutations in SLC25A46, encoding a UGO1-like protein, cause an optic atrophy spectrum disorder. Nat Genet. 2015 Aug; 47(8):926-32.