Inflammatory cells, refractive regression, and haze after excimer laser PRK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 370-381

  Ramirez Florez, Susana ^a   Maurice, David M ^b  

^a Clin Oftalmologica de Antioquia   (Colombia)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; CYTOLOGY; EPITHELIUM HYPERPLASIA; HAZE; INFLAMMATORY CELL; KERATECTOMY; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CORNEA; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; INFLAMMATION; IRRIGATION; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; RABBITS; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0029866545     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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