Comparison of corneal wound-healing response in photorefractive keratectomy and laser-assisted subepithelial keratectomy

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1632-1639

  Esquenazi, Salomon ^a,b   He, Jiucheng ^a   Bazan, Nicolas G ^a   Bazan, Haydee E P ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LSU EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA INJURY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EYE REFRACTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STROMA; UNITED STATES; UPREGULATION; VISUAL ACUITY; WOUND HEALING;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; CHONDROITIN SULFATES; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; CORNEAL STROMA; FIBROBLASTS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE, INDIRECT; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; RABBITS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 23944489627     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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