Improvement of human corneal endothelium in culture after prolonged hypothermic storage

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 13, Issue 9-10, 2003, Pages 745-751

  Camposampiero, D ^a   Tiso, R ^a   Zanetti, E ^a   Ruzza, A ^a   Bruni, A ^b   Ponzin, Diego ^a  

^a The Veneto Eye Bank Foundation   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cornea culture; Cornea preservation; Endothelium repair

Indexed keywords

TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE DEGENERATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

EID: 1042302010     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1120672103013009-1002     Document Type: Article

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