Histopathological and immunohistochemical studies of lenticules after epikeratoplasty for keratoconus

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 841-846

  Nakamura, H ^b   Riley, F ^c   Sakai, H ^b   Rademaker, W ^c   Yue, B Y J T ^b   Edward, Deepak P ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^c KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA 1 ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP1;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CELL LABELING; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOWN REGULATION; EPIKERATOPLASTY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINOCYTE; KERATOCONUS; LENTICULE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; UPREGULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALPHA 1-ANTITRYPSIN; ALPHA-MACROGLOBULINS; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; EPIKERATOPHAKIA; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SP1 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

EID: 21344463297     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2004.054684     Document Type: Article

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