Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy of free radicals in corneal tissue following excimer laser irradiation

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 367-372

  Pettit, G H ^a,b   Ediger, M N ^a   Hahn, D W ^a   Landry, R J ^a   Weiblinger, R P ^a   Morehouse, K M ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b Ctr Devices and Radiological Hlth   (United States)

Author keywords

ablation; photochemistry; photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXCIMER LASER; IRRADIATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CORNEA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

EID: 0029919278     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1996)18:4<367::AID-LSM5>3.0.CO;2-Q     Document Type: Article

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