Effect of diclofenac on prostaglandin liberation in the rabbit after photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 154-157

  Tomas Barberan, S ^a   Torngren L ^b   Lundberg, K ^b   Fagerholm, P ^a   Rolfsen, W ^b  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pharmacia & Upjohn AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 OXOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; DICLOFENAC; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; THROMBOXANE B2;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

6-KETOPROSTAGLANDIN F1 ALPHA; ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; CORNEA; DICLOFENAC; DINOPROSTONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; RABBITS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; THROMBOXANE B2;

EID: 1842301775     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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