Short-term effects of subconjunctival injections of 5-fluorouracil on conjunctival epithelium

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 727-731

  Simsek, Tulay ^a   Firat, Pinar ^b   Çtrk, Mehmet ^a   Ozdamar, Yasemin ^a   Elgin, Ufuk ^a  

^a Ulucanlar Eye Education and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; apoptosis; conjunctiva; impression cytology; nuclear atypia

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTIGLAUCOMA AGENT; BRIMONIDINE; CELLULOSE ACETATE; DORZOLAMIDE PLUS TIMOLOL MALEATE; FLUOROURACIL; PREDNISOLONE ACETATE; PROSTAGLANDIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIMETABOLITE;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONJUNCTIVA; CONJUNCTIVA EPITHELIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MICROSCOPY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EPITHELIUM; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; INJECTION; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES; APOPTOSIS; CONJUNCTIVA; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; MALE; METAPLASIA; MIDDLE AGED; TRABECULAR MESHWORK; TRABECULECTOMY;

EID: 77954426668     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181c38723     Document Type: Article

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