Tamponade properties of double-filling with perfluorohexyloctane and silicone oil in a model eye chamber

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 242, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 250-254

  Herbert, Edward ^a   Stappler, Theodor ^a   Wetterqvist, Carolina ^c   Williams, Rachel ^b   Wong, David ^a  

^a ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLY(METHYL METHACRYLATE); SILICONE OIL;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISPERSION; EYE INFLAMMATION; LIQUID; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VITREORETINOPATHY;

DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RETINAL DETACHMENT; SILICONE OILS; VITRECTOMY;

EID: 1842627632     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-003-0830-6     Document Type: Article

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