Viability of human corneal keratocytes during organ culture

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 449-455

  Møller Pedersen, Torben ^a   Møller, Holger J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Autoradiography; Corneal fibroblasts; Digital image analysis; DNA synthesis; Human cornea; Keratan sulphate proteoglycan; Keratocytes; RNA synthesis

Indexed keywords

KERATAN SULFATE; PROTEOGLYCAN; URIDINE;

ACIDOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MITOSIS; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029825139     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1996.tb00597.x     Document Type: Article

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