Oxygen free radical damage in the cornea after excimer laser therapy

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 141-144

  Hayashi, Seiji ^a   Ishimoto, Sei Ichi ^a   Wu, Guey Shuang ^a   Wee, Won R ^a   Rao, Narsing A ^a   McDonnell, Peter J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DOHENY EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAST BLUE; LIPID; LIPID PEROXIDE; OXYGEN RADICAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMORPHONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE INJURY;

EID: 0031050815     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.81.2.141     Document Type: Article

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