Effect of steroids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents on stromal wound healing following excimer laser keratectomy in rabbits

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 27, Issue 5 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Park, Soo Chul ^a   Kim, Jae Ho ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; CORTICOSTEROID; DEXAMETHASONE; FLUORESCEIN DERIVATIVE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FLURBIPROFEN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; CELL DENSITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND; WOUND HEALING;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; COLORING AGENTS; CORNEAL STROMA; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EOSINE YELLOWISH-(YS); EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FLURBIPROFEN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEMATOXYLIN; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0029933605     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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