Changes in Descemet membrane and endothelium after corneal epithelial abrasion alone and with photorefractive keratectomy in rabbits

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1105-1108

  Sana, Yuta ^a,c   Roll, Yoji ^a   Tsuneoka, Hiroshi ^b   Ojifei, Kohtaro ^c   Sahabe, Isao ^d   Kitaliara, Kenjt ^a   Okamoto, Shinseiro ^a  

^a Department of Ophthalmology ^*  (Japan)

^b KANAGAWA REHABILITATION CENTER   (Japan)

^c Department of Medicine   (Japan)

^d Ohamoto Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRASION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; EXCIMER LASER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; KERATECTOMY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MEMBRANE DAMAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0029766547     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140307009     Document Type: Article

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