Topical urea as a treatment for non-infectious keratopathy

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 391-394

  Charlton, Judie F ^a   Schwab, Ivan R ^b   Stuchell, Robert ^c  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c West Virginia University School of Dentistry   (United States)

Author keywords

Allantoin; Corneal epitheliopathy; Keratitis; Ophthalmic ointment; Urea

Indexed keywords

UREA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRUG EFFICACY; EPITHELIZATION; HEALING; KERATOPATHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029737099     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00715.x     Document Type: Article

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