Thermal cautery of the cornea for treatment of spontaneous chronic corneal epithelial defects in dogs and horses

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 224, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 250-253+224

  Bentley, Ellison ^a   Murphy, Christopher J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUTERIZATION; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOG; DOG DISEASE; HORSE; HORSE DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMALS; CAUTERY; CONTACT LENSES, EXTENDED-WEAR; CORNEAL DISEASES; DEBRIDEMENT; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HEAT; HORSE DISEASES; HORSES; MALE; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; EQUIDAE; EQUUS CABALLUS;

EID: 0347319077     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/javma.2004.224.250     Document Type: Article

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