A newly designed glaucoma drainage implant made of poly(styrene-b- isobutylene-b-styrene): Biocompatibility and function in normal rabbit eyes

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 124, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1742-1749

  Acosta, Ana C ^a   Espana, Edgar M ^a   Yamamoto, Hideo ^a   Davis, Stewart ^c   Pinchuk, Leonard ^c   Weber, Bruce A ^c   Orozco, Marcia ^a,b   Dubovy, Sander ^a   Fantes, Francisco ^a   Parel, Jean Marie ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

^c SANTEN PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; POLY STYRENE B ISOBUTYLENE-B-STYRENE; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACROPHAGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SLIT LAMP;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN TYPE IV; FEMALE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MACROPHAGES; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RABBITS; STYRENES;

EID: 33845477018     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 00039950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.124.12.1742     Document Type: Article

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