A light-activated method for repair of corneal surface defects

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 481-489

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Kochevar, Irene E ^b   Redmond, Robert W ^b   Yao, Min ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

amniotic membrane transplantation; corneal injury; lasers; photochemical tissue bonding; wound healing

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE TRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EYE DISEASE; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE SURGERY; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; OCULAR SURFACE DEFECT; PHOTOCHEMICAL TISSUE BONDING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR FORMATION; SUTURING METHOD; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AMNION; ANIMALS; CORNEA; LASER THERAPY; OPHTHALMOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RABBITS; SUTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 79960501483     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.21083     Document Type: Article

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