Toxicity of vancomycin on corneal endothelium in rabbits

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 675-678

  Sandboe, Frode D ^a   Medin, Walther ^b   Bjerknes, Rolf ^c  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b Buskerud Central Hospital   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cornea; Endothelium; Toxicity; Vancomycin; Weight recordings

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOTHELIUM LESION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0031670682     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0420.1998.760608.x     Document Type: Article

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