Prolonged impairment of peripheral corneal epithelium barrier function after successful trabeculectomy

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 487-493

  Tanihara, H ^a   Yokoi, N ^a   Komuro, A ^a   Honda, Y ^a   Kinoshita, S ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FILTRATION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL RISK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 0030969308     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(14)70174-6     Document Type: Article

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