Corneal wound healing and nerve morphology after excimer laser in situ keratomileusis in human eyes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 677-683

  Latvala, Terho ^a   Barraquer Coll, Carmen ^b   Tervo, Kaarina ^a   Tervo, Timo ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Instituo Barraquer de America Bogota   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA SURGERY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; WOUND HEALING;

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; NERVE REGENERATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029760725     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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