Effects of 7-methylxanthine on the sclera in form deprivation myopia in guinea pigs

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 328-334

  Cui, Dongmei ^a   Trier, Klaus ^b   Zeng, Junwen ^a   Wu, Kaili ^a   Yu, Minbin ^a   Hu, Jianmin ^a   Chen, Xiang ^a   Ge, Jian ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Trier Eye Clin and Res Labs   (Denmark)

Author keywords

7 methylxanthine; guinea pig; myopia; sclera

Indexed keywords

7 METHYLXANTHINE; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FORM DEPRIVATION MYOPIA; GUINEA PIG; MORNING DOSAGE; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERA; VISUAL DEPRIVATION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; AXIAL LENGTH, EYE; BODY WEIGHT; COLLAGEN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GUINEA PIGS; MYOPIA; PURINERGIC P1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SCLERA; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; XANTHINES;

EID: 79958174503     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2009.01688.x     Document Type: Article

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