Evaluation of the deswelling period in dextran-containing medium after corneal organ culture

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-223

  Borderie, Vincent M ^a   Baudrimont, Marie ^a   Lopez, Manuel ^a   Carvajal, Santos ^a   Laroche, Laurent ^a  

^a HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

Author keywords

Corneal transplantation; Dextran; Electron microscopy; Morphometry; Organ culture

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ARTICLE; CELL SWELLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0030941468     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199703000-00015     Document Type: Article

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