Light and transmission electronic microscopy evaluation of lyophilized corneas

Cornea

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 791-794

  Farias, Roberta J M ^a,b   Sousa, Luciene B ^a,b   Filho, Acácio A S Lima ^a,b   Lourencxo, Andréa C S ^a,b   Tanakai, Márcia H ^a,b   Freymuller, Edna ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Sorocaba Eye Bank ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Corneal storage; Cryopreservation; Lyophilization

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CRYOPRESERVATION; FREEZE DRYING; LIGHT AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPY; PRESERVATION AND STORAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REHYDRATION; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PLASTIC SURGERY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; ORGAN PRESERVATION; SURGICAL FLAPS;

EID: 49849083002     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31816ed54c     Document Type: Article

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