Value of two mortality assessment techniques for organ cultured corneal endothelium: Trypan blue versus TUNEL technique

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 306-310

  Gain, Philippe ^a   Thuret, G ^a   Chiquet, C ^b   Dumollard, J M ^a   Mosnier, J F ^a   Burillon, C ^b   Delbosc, B ^c   Herve P ^c   Campos, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c Hemostasis Laboratory   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STAUROSPORINE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA PRESERVATION; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NICK END LABELING; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORING AGENTS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; TRYPAN BLUE;

EID: 0036197660     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.3.306     Document Type: Article

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