Toxic effects of subconjunctival 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C on ciliary body of rats

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 199-203

  Levy, Jaime ^a   Tessler, Zvi ^a   Rosenthal, Gideon ^a   Klemperer, Itamar ^a   Zirkin, Howard J ^a   Kachko, Leonid ^a   Lifshitz, Tova ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Ciliary body; Electron and light microscopy; Mitomycin C; Rats

Indexed keywords

ANTIMETABOLITE; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CILIARY BODY; CILIARY BODY EPITHELIUM; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG PENETRATION; EDEMA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INTRACELLULAR SPACE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; RAT; RAT STRAIN; SCLERA;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CILIARY BODY; CONJUNCTIVA; FLUOROURACIL; INJECTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MITOMYCIN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM OF EYE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 0242548490     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022591113520     Document Type: Article

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