Improved preparation and preservation of human keratoplasty lenticules

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 313-318

  Salvalaio, Gianni ^a   Fasolo, Adriano ^a   Bruni, Alessandro ^b   Frigo, Anna Chiara ^b   Favaro, Elisa ^a   Ponzin, Diego ^a  

^a The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Keratocytes; Lenticules; MTT; Preservation; Trypsin EDTA

Indexed keywords

EDETIC ACID; TRYPSIN;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; COLD; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EXCISION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; STROMA; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COMPLEX MIXTURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DEBRIDEMENT; DEXTRANS; FIBROBLASTS; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; ORGAN PRESERVATION; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 0347418240     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074069     Document Type: Article

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