Effect of 308 nm excimer laser irradiation on retinal pigment epithelium cell viability in vitro

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-95

  Krohne, T U ^a   Hunt, S ^a   Holz, F G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; TRYPAN BLUE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; ENZYME RELEASE; EPITHELIUM CELL; EXCIMER LASER; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; RADIATION DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

BRUCH MEMBRANE; CELL DEATH; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; CHOROID; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMANS; LASERS, EXCIMER; MACULAR DEGENERATION; RETINAL PIGMENT EPITHELIUM;

EID: 58349113170     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.145102     Document Type: Article

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