Ultrastructural and immunohistochemical findings after linear excimer laser keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-68

  Winter, Martin ^a   Behrendt, Stephan ^a   Binder, Perry S ^b   Duncker, Gernot I W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Vision Surgery and Laser Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LAMININ; PROCOLLAGEN TYPE 3 AMINOPROPEPTIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING;

AGED; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATINS; LAMININ; MALE; PROCOLLAGEN; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031039773     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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