Assessment of epithelial integrity and cell viability in epithelial flaps prepared with the epi-LASIK procedure

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1195-1200

  Tanioka, Hidetoshi ^a   Hieda, Osamu ^a   Kawasaki, Satoshi ^a   Nakai, Yoshinori ^a   Kinoshita, Shigeru ^a  

^a KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOE 33342; PROPIDIUM IODIDE;

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL VIABILITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATOMILEUSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; STAINING; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

BENZIMIDAZOLES; CELL SURVIVAL; COLORING AGENTS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FLUORESCEINS; FLUORESCENT DYES; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MYOPIA; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROPIDIUM; STAINING AND LABELING; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 34250630030     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2007.03.038     Document Type: Article

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