Vortex or whorl formation of cultured human corneal epithelial cells induced by magnetic fields

Eye

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 447-450

  Dua, H S ^a   Singh, A ^b   Gomes, J A P ^b,c   Laibson, P R ^b   Donoso, L A ^b   Tyagi, S ^d  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FACULDADE DE CIÊNCIAS MÉDICAS DA SANTA CASA DE SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; IRON; PIGMENT;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOPATHY; MAGNETIC FIELD; STAINING;

EID: 0029795588     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.1996.98     Document Type: Article

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