Animal compound-free medium and poloxamer for human corneal organ culture and deswelling

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 816-822

  Tburet, Gilles ^a,b,c   Manissolle, Chloe ^b   Campos Guyotat, Lydia ^b   Guyotat, Denis ^b   Gain, Philippe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ JEAN MONNET   (France)

^c SERVICE DE NEUROLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; POLOXAMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FETAL CALF SERUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MORPHOMETRICS; PARAMETRIC TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; ADULT; AGED; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CYTOLOGY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG COMBINATION; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; POLOXAMER;

EID: 16244370732     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.04-1078     Document Type: Article

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