Effect of topical vitamin E on ethanol-induced corneal epithelial apoptosis

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 761-763

  Bilgihan, Kamil ^a,b   Konuk, Onur ^a   Hondur, Ahmet ^a   Akyürek, Nalan ^a   Özogul, Candan ^a   Hasanreisoglu, Berati ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; DRUG EFFECT; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 28244483893     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20051101-19     Document Type: Article

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