Keratoprosthesis results in animals: An update

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1997, Pages

  Hicks, C R ^a   Lou, X ^a   Platten, S ^a   Clayton, A B ^a   Vijayasekaran, S ^a   Fitton, H J ^a   Chirila, T V ^a   Crawford, G J ^a   Constable, I J ^a  

^a LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Animal study artificial cornea; Dry eye; Keratoprosthesis; PHEMA

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN; HEPARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; DRY EYE; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; RABBIT; SWINE;

EID: 0030851236     PISSN: 08149763     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-9071.1997.tb01756.x     Document Type: Article

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3. Vijayasekaran S, Hicks CR, Chirila TV et al. Histological evaluation during healing of hydrogel core- and-skirt keratoprostheses in the rabbit eye. Cornea (in press).
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