Apoptosis in the rabbit cornea after photorefractive keratectomy

Cornea

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-208

  Gao, Jianping ^a   Gelber Schwalb, Tammy A ^a   Addeo, John V ^a   Stern, Michael E ^a  

^a ALLERGAN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Corneal wound healing; Excimer laser; In vivo rabbit model; Photorefractive keratectomy

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BCL 2;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030951762     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199703000-00013     Document Type: Article

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