Arf 193nm excimer laser corneal surgery and photo-oxidative stress in aqueous humor and lens of rabbit: One-month follow-up

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 355-361

  Costagliola, Ciro ^a   Balestrieri, Paola ^a   Fioretti, Felice ^a   Frunzio, Stefano ^a   Rinaldi, Michele ^a   Scibelli, Gennaro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cataract; Cataractogenesis; Excimer laser; Photorefractive keratectomy; Rabbit; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; GLUTATHIONE; GLUTATHIONE DISULFIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MALONALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SURGERY; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LENS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOOXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0029936756     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689608995825     Document Type: Article

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