Epithelialization of a synthetic polymer in the feline cornea: A preliminary study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1674-1680

  Evans, Margaret D M ^a,b   Xie, Ruo Zhong ^a   Fabbri, Mirella ^a   Madigan, Michele C ^c   Chaouk, Hassan ^b   Beumer, Gerrit J ^a,b   Meijs, Gordon F ^a,b   Griesser, Hans J ^a,b   Steele, John G ^a,b   Sweeney, Deborah F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CSIRO Molecular Science ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 7; LAMININ; POLYMER;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CAT; CELL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EPITHELIZATION; FEMALE; IMPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ADHESIONS; ANIMALS; AUTOANTIGENS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CATS; COATED MATERIALS, BIOCOMPATIBLE; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; ETHERS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; FLUOROCARBONS; LAMININ; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NON-FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION;

EID: 0034130132     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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