Aberrant wound-healing response in mitomycin C-treated leaking blebs: A histopathologic study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 127, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1036-1042

  Elner, Victor M ^a   Newman Casey, Paula Anne ^a   Patil, A Jayaprakash ^b   Flint, Andrew ^a   Biswas, Jyotirmay ^c   Moroi, Sayoko E ^a   Pushparaj, Vaijayanthi ^c   Edward, Deepak P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SUMMA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c LARSEN AND TOUBRO LIMITED   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FIBROBLAST; FILTERING OPERATION; GLAUCOMA; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA CELL; TRABECULECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WOUND HEALING;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CONJUNCTIVAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; FIBROSIS; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; SURGICAL FLAPS; TRABECULECTOMY; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 68549111267     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: 15383601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archophthalmol.2009.161     Document Type: Article

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