Stromal haze, myofibroblasts, and surface irregularity after PRK

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 82, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 788-797

  Netto, Marcelo V ^a,b   Mohan, Rajiv R ^a   Sinha, Sunilima ^a   Sharma, Ajay ^a   Dupps, William ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cornea; Haze; Irregularity; Myofibroblast; PRK; Stroma; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BIOMICROSCOPY; CORNEA STROMA; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MYOFIBROBLAST; MYOPIA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KERATECTOMY, LASER; MYOPIA; RABBITS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 31644441441     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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