New model of conjunctival scarring in the mouse eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1072-1077

  Reichel, Martin B ^a   Cordeiro, M Francesca ^b   Alexander, Robert A ^a   Cree, Ian A ^a   Bhattacharya, Shomi S ^a   Khaw, Peng T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; EOSIN; FUCHSINE; HEMATOXYLIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA DISEASE; ENUCLEATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE INJURY; GRANULOCYTE; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0031656871     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.82.9.1072     Document Type: Article

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