Corneal epithelial proliferation and thickness in a mouse model of dry eye

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 166-171

  Fabiani, Claudia ^a   Barabino, Stefano ^a   Rashid, Saadia ^a   Dana, M Reza ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

Author keywords

animal model; cell proliferation; corneal epithelium; dry eye

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESICCATION; DRY EYE; FEMALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRY EYE SYNDROMES; ENVIRONMENT, CONTROLLED; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C;

EID: 67650627754     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2009.03.003     Document Type: Article

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