Toxicity of topical anesthetic agents to human keratocytes in vivo

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 975-980

  Moreira, Luciane B ^a   Kasetsuwan, Ngamjit ^a   Sanchez, Daniel ^a   Shah, Sujil S ^a   Labree, Laurie ^b   McDonnell, Peter J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AK T CAINE; PROXYMETACAINE; TETRACAINE; TETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATECTOMY; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PROPOXYCAINE; TETRACAINE;

EID: 0033065686     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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