Effect of honey in pseudomonas aeruginosa induced stromal keratitis in rabbits

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 101-104

  Nejabat, Mahmood ^a   Astaneh, Alireza ^a   Eghtedari, Masoome ^a   Mosallaei, Mahnaz ^a   Ashraf, Mohammad Javad ^a   Mehrabani, Davood ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Healing; Honey; Keratitis; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 72449182683     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2009.9706996     Document Type: Article

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