Microscopic characterization of collagen modifications induced by low-temperature diode-laser welding of corneal tissue

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 597-604

  Matteini, Paolo ^a,b   Rossi, Francesca ^a   Menabuoni, Luca ^c   Pini, Roberto ^a,d  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL 4   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Denaturation; Diode laser; Polarized light microscopy; TEM; Tissue welding

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; INDOCYANINE GREEN; LEAD; URANYL ACETATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA SURGERY; DIODE LASER; ENUCLEATION; LASER SURGERY; LOW TEMPERATURE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; THERMODYNAMICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; LASER COAGULATION; LASERS, SEMICONDUCTOR; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SWINE; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 34848874538     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.20532     Document Type: Article

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