Control of filtering bleb structure through tissue bioengineering: An animal model

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 5310-5314

  Chen, Henry Shen Lih ^a,b   Ritch, Robert ^c,d   Krupin, Theodore ^e   Hsu, Wei Cherng ^f,g  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^c NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^d NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^e NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABLE IMPLANT; BIODEGRADATION; BIOENGINEERING; CONJUNCTIVA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTRATION; HISTOLOGY; IMPLANTATION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCAR FORMATION; SCLERA; SUTURING METHOD; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRABECULOTOMY; ANIMAL; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BANDAGE; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; PLASTIC SURGERY; SECRETION; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

ABSORBABLE IMPLANTS; ANIMALS; AQUEOUS HUMOR; BIOLOGICAL DRESSINGS; COLLAGEN; CONJUNCTIVA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; RABBITS; SCLERA; SURGICAL FLAPS; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34248150374     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.06-0378     Document Type: Article

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