Do injections of 5-fluorouracil after trabeculectomy have toxic effects on the anterior segment?

Journal of Ocular Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-235

  Lattanzio Jr , F A ^a   Sheppard Jr , J D ^a   Allen, R C ^a   Baynham, S ^a   Samuel, P ^a   Samudre, S ^a  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ACCUMULATION; DRUG EFFECT; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE INFLAMMATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SLIT LAMP; TOXICITY; TRABECULECTOMY; UVEA; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ANTIMETABOLITES; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PROTEINS; RABBITS; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 21644438661     PISSN: 10807683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jop.2005.21.223     Document Type: Article

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