Organ culture, but not hypothermic storage, facilitates the repair of the corneal endothelium following mechanical damage

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-419

  Nejepinska, Jana ^a   Juklova, Kristyna ^a   Jirsova, Katerina ^a,b  

^a Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital in Prague   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Endothelium cell density; Hypothermic preservation; Organ culture; Repair

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL DEATH; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; ORGAN CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CELL COUNT; CELL SURVIVAL; CORNEA; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INJURIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; ORGAN PRESERVATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL; WOUND HEALING; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 77952816964     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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