Evaluation of the corneal effects of topical ophthalmic fluoroquinolones using in vivo confocal microscopy

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 90-94

  Kovoor, Timmy A ^a   Kim, Andrea S ^a   McCulley, James P ^a   Cavanagh, H Dwight ^a   Jester, James V ^a   Bugde, Abhijit C ^a   Petroll, W Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BAC; Confocal microscopy; Cornea; Fluoroquinolones; In vivo imaging

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TEAR; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BENZALKONIUM; EYE DROPS; PRESERVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; DRUG EFFECT; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THICKNESS; ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; BENZALKONIUM COMPOUNDS; CORNEAL STROMA; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUOROQUINOLONES; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; PRESERVATIVES, PHARMACEUTICAL; RABBITS;

EID: 3242809854     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ICL.00000117255.97190.98     Document Type: Article

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