Comparative experiments for in vivo fibroplasia and biological stability of four porous polymers intended for use in the Seoul-type keratoprosthesis

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 86, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 809-814

  Kim, M K ^a   Lee, J L ^b   Wee, W R ^c   Lee, J H ^c  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYMER; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYURETHAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL HYPERPLASIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEA STROMA; FIBROBLAST; FIBROPLASIA; HISTOLOGY; KERATOPROSTHESIS; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELL COUNT; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FIBROBLASTS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYMERS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0036296560     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.86.7.809     Document Type: Article

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