Influence of temporary hypothermia on corneal endothelial cell density during organ culture preservation

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 246, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 369-372

  Schroeter, Jan ^a   Meltendorf, Christian ^b   Ohrloff, Christian ^b   Rieck, Peter ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal endothelium; Eye banking; Organ culture; Temperature

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; HYPOTHERMIA; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAINING; SWINE; TISSUE REGENERATION;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; CULTURE MEDIA, SERUM-FREE; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE BANKS; HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SWINE;

EID: 39149141582     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00417-007-0711-5     Document Type: Article

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