Corneal endothelial cell damage after experimental diode laser thermal keratoplasty

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 323-329

  Wirbelauer, Christopher ^a   Koop, Norbert ^b   Tuengler, Andreas ^b   Geerling, Gerd ^a   Birngruber, Reginald ^b   Laqua, Horst ^a   Brinkmann, Ralf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL LASER CENTER LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIODE LASER; KERATOPLASTY; LASER COAGULATION; MICROSCOPY; NOMOGRAM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THERMAL INJURY; VITAL STAIN; WATER IMMERSION;

ANIMALS; ANTHRAQUINONES; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL STROMA; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; LASER COAGULATION; NECROSIS; SAFETY; SWINE; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0034040252     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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