Initial studies using aliphatic β-nitro alcohols for therapeutic corneal cross-linking

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1098-1105

  Paik, David C ^a   Wen, Quan ^a   Braunstein, Richard E ^a   Airiani, Suzanna ^a   Trokel, Stephen L ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 NITRO 1 PROPANOL; 2 NITROETHANOL; 3 NITRO 2 PENTANOL; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; COLLAGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2 NITROPROPANOL; 2-NITROPROPANOL; 3-NITRO-2-PENTANOL; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; NITRO DERIVATIVE; PENTANOL; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; PROPANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUE LIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CROSS LINKING; FIBER OPTICS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETER; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; VISION; ANIMAL; BODY TEMPERATURE; DRUG EFFECT; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCLERA; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY TEMPERATURE; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; NITRO COMPOUNDS; PENTANOLS; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; PROPANOLS; PROTEIN DENATURATION; SCLERA; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 62649083211     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-2202     Document Type: Article

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