Significance of the lacunar hydration pattern after corneal cross linking

Cornea

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 899-903

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a   Herbst, Hermann ^b  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b VIVANTES KLINIKUM NEUKÖLLN   (Germany)

Author keywords

cornea; cross linking; edema; keratocytes; riboflavin; UV A; wound healing

Indexed keywords

DEXTRAN; RIBOFLAVIN; COLLAGEN; CROSS LINKING REAGENT; FLAVINE MONONUCLEOTIDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA EDEMA; CROSS LINKING; ENUCLEATION; EYE; HYDRATION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WOUND HEALING; ANIMAL; BODY WATER; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BODY WATER; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DEBRIDEMENT; ELASTIC TISSUE; FEMALE; FLAVIN MONONUCLEOTIDE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 77955175870     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181ca3293     Document Type: Article

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