Ocular injuries following sulfur mustard exposure-Pathological mechanism and potential therapy

Toxicology

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 59-69

  Kadar, Tamar ^a   Dachir, Shlomit ^a   Cohen, Liat ^a   Sahar, Rita ^a   Fishbine, Eliezer ^a   Cohen, Maayan ^a   Turetz, Joseph ^a   Gutman, Hila ^a   Buch, Hillel ^a   Brandeis, Rachel ^a   Horwitz, Vered ^a   Solomon, Abraham ^b   Amir, Adina ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

^b HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal nerves; Inflammation; Limbal epithelial stem cell deficiency; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE PLUS NEOMYCIN; DEXAMYCINE; DICLOFENAC; DOXYCYCLINE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MUSTARD GAS; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLTAREN OPHTHA;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA NEOVASCULARIZATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; NERVE DEGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION;

ADULT STEM CELLS; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; CORNEAL OPACITY; DEXAMETHASONE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOXYCYCLINE; DRUG COMBINATIONS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INSTILLATION, DRUG; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASES; MUSTARD GAS; NEOMYCIN; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 67849105059     PISSN: 0300483X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.10.026     Document Type: Article

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