Transconjunctival application of mitomycin C in combination with laser sclerostomy ab interno: A long-term morphological study of the postoperative healing process

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1013-1026

  Iliev, Milko E ^a   Van Der Zypen, Eugen ^a   Frankhauser, Franz ^b   England, Ceri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Lindenhofspital   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ab interno; Antiproliferative agents; Collagen; Glaucoma; Laser sclerostomy; Mitomycin C; Myofibroblasts; Rabbits; Wound heating

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE ABNORMALITY; MORPHOMETRICS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031171928     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1997.0300     Document Type: Article

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