Cryopreservation of rabbit corneas in dimethyl sulfoxide

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1934-1943

  Wusteman, Monica C ^a   Boylan, Serena ^a   Pegg, David E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Corneal cryopreservation; Corneal endothelial cells; Corneal stroma; Dimethyl sulfoxide

Indexed keywords

DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; COLD; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RABBITS;

EID: 0030886143     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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