Organization of corneal collagen fibrils during the healing of trephined wounds in rabbits

Wound Repair and Regeneration

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 71-78

  Connon, Che J ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA INJURY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; SKULL SURGERY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WOUND HEALING; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL STROMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RABBITS; TIME FACTORS; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, PENETRATING; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0037282444     PISSN: 10671927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1524-475X.2003.11111.x     Document Type: Article

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