The Structure and Swelling of Corneal Scar Tissue in Penetrating Full-Thickness Wounds

Cornea

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 165-171

  Connon, Che J ^a   Meek, Keith M ^b  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Electron microscopy; Scar tissue; Thickness

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA PENETRATING FULL THICKNESS INJURY; CORNEA PERFORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; EXCISION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PENETRATING TRAUMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THICKNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CICATRIX; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; EYE INJURIES, PENETRATING; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; INDOLES; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; PROTEOGLYCANS; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 1442349725     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-200403000-00010     Document Type: Article

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