Histologic, ultrastructural, and immunofluorescent evaluation of human laser-assisted in situ keratomileusis corneal wounds

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 741-756

  Dawson, Daniel G ^a   Kramer, Theresa R ^a   Grossniklaus, Hans E ^a   Waring III, George O ^a   Edelhauser, Henry F ^a  

^a EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; ACTIN; COLLAGEN; KERATAN SULFATE;

ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA INJURY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYEBANK; FIBROSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROSCOPY; MYOFIBROBLAST; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; STROMA CELL; SURGICAL WOUND; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WOUND HEALING; ADULT; AGED; DONOR; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PLASTIC SURGERY; REFRACTION ERROR;

ACTINS; ADULT; AGED; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; EYE BANKS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; HUMANS; KERATAN SULFATE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE DONORS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 20644441362     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.123.6.741     Document Type: Article

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