Haze development after photorefractive keratectomy: Mechanical vs ethanol epithelial removal in rabbits

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 923-927

  De Medeiros, Fabricio Witzel ^a,b   Mohan, Rajiv R ^a,c   Suto, Chikako ^a,d   Sinhá, Sunilima ^a   Bonilha, Vera L ^a   Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Wilson, Steven E ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEAL HAZE; DEBRIDEMENT; EPITHELIUM CELL; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MECHANICAL DEBRIDEMENT; MICROSCOPE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RATING SCALE; SLIT LAMP; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 56249083895     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597x-20081101-11     Document Type: Article

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