Recovery of corneal nerve morphology following laser in situ keratomileusis

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 755-763

  Linna, Tuuli U ^a   Pérez Santonja, Juan J ^b   Tervo, Kaarina M ^a   Sakla, Hani F ^b   Alió Y Sanz, Jorge L ^b   Tervo, Timo M T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Acetylcholinesterase (ACHE) activity; Corneal innervation; Hinged flap; Laser in situ keratomileusis (LASIK); Nerves; Neural regeneration

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINESTERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA; CYTOARCHITECTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCIMER LASER; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMILEUSIS; NERVE FIBER REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REINNERVATION; SENSORY NERVE;

EID: 0032096502     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.1998.0469     Document Type: Article

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