Antimetabolite interactions with epidermal growth factor

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 247-253

  Kopecky, Ernest Albert ^a   Rootman, David Samuel ^a  

^a TORONTO WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Antimetabolites; Corneal wound healing; Human epidermal growth factor (hEGF); Mitomycin C; Rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; RECOMBINANT EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DRUG EFFECT; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WOUND HEALING; WOUND HEALING IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0029922381     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689609007618     Document Type: Article

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