Chemical stability of silicone oil in the human eye after prolonged clinical use

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1091-1100

  Lakits, Adalbert ^a   Nennadal, Thomas ^b   Scholda, Christoph ^a   Knaus, Simone ^b   Gruber, Heinrich ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DETACHMENT; VITREORETINOPATHY;

EID: 0033504302     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90261-0     Document Type: Article

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