Anaylsis of birefringence during wound healing and remodeling following alkali burns in rabbit cornea

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 521-532

  Huang, Yifei ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a   Ho, Mae Wan ^b   Paterson, Christopher A ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali burns; Birefringence; Cornea; Interference colour; Medroxyprogesterone; Morphology; Optical path difference; Remodeling; Synthetic inhibitor of metalloproteinase; Wound healing; mercaptomethyl tripeptide

Indexed keywords

BETA MERCAPTOMETHYL TRIPEPTIDE; MEDROXYPROGESTERONE; METALLOPROTEINASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CAUSTIC BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ULCER; DRUG EFFECT; INTERFEROMETRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTIC TRACT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0035174443     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exer.2001.1057     Document Type: Article

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