Gefarnate stimulates goblet cell repopulation following an experimental wound to the tarsal conjunctiva in the dry eye rabbit

Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology

Volumn 506 A, Issue , 2002, Pages 353-357

  Toshida, Hiroshi ^a   Nakata, Katsuhiko ^b   Hamano, Takashi ^c   Nakamura, Masatsugu ^b   Nguyen, Doan ^a   Beuerman, Roger ^a  

^a LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

^b SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Hamano Eye Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALI; FLUORESCEIN; GEFARNATE; GENTAMICIN; PYROXYLIN; ROSE BENGAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STIMULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; DRY EYE; EYE INJURY; GOBLET CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0344406248     PISSN: 00652598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-0717-8_51     Document Type: Conference Paper

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