Alcohol debridement of the corneal epithelium in PRK and LASEK: An electron microscopic study

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 510-513

  Browning, Andrew C ^a   Shah, Sunil ^a,b   Dua, Harminder S ^a   Maharajan, Senthil V ^a   Gray, Trevor ^a   Bragheeth, Mohamed A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL ADHESION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DEBRIDEMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; LASER SUBEPITHELIAL KERATECTOMY; MORPHOMETRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STROMA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEAL STROMA; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; ETHANOL; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 0037310272     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0488     Document Type: Article

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