Effect of peripheral retinal ablation with cryotherapy versus diode laser photocoagulation on axial length in the growing rabbit eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 491-495

  Axer Siegel, Ruth ^a,b   Bourla, D ^a   Kremer, I ^a,b   Weinberger, D ^a,b   Snir, M ^a,b,c  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOTHERAPY; DIODE LASER; EYE AXIS LENGTH; HISTOPATHOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LENS; MEASUREMENT; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETROLENTAL FIBROPLASIA; SCLERA; THICKNESS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; BIOMETRY; CICATRIX; CRYOSURGERY; EYE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LASER COAGULATION; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOPIA; RABBITS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES; RETINOPATHY OF PREMATURITY;

EID: 33645308257     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2005.082768     Document Type: Article

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