Hyaluronan as an ophthalmic viscoelastic device

Current Pharmaceutical Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 236-238

  Balazs, Endre A ^a  

^a Matrix Biology Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyaluronic acid; Moisturizer; Surgical aid; Wound healing

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; HYALURONIC ACID; METHYLCELLULOSE;

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL GLAUCOMA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DRY EYE; EYE DISCOMFORT; EYE LAVAGE; EYE PROTECTION; EYE SURGERY; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; HYDRATION; LENS IMPLANTATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; RETINA DETACHMENT; RETINA SURGERY; REVIEW; STRABISMUS SURGERY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISCOELASTICITY; WOUND HEALING;

EYE DISEASES; HUMANS; HYALURONIC ACID; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 53249107834     PISSN: 13892010     EISSN: 18734316     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920108785161596     Document Type: Review

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