Colocalization of hyaluronan and water in rabbit corneas after photorefractive keratectomy by specific staining for hyaluronan and by quantitative microradiography

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 560-563

  Weber, Beat A ^a   Fagerholm, Per ^a   Johansson, Berit ^b  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dry mass; Excimer laser; Hyaluronan; Photorefractive keratectomy; Rabbits

Indexed keywords

BIOTIN; HYALURONIC ACID; PROTEOGLYCAN; WATER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DENSITOMETRY; FREEZE DRYING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER CONTENT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030752646     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199709000-00013     Document Type: Article

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