Keratocyte density 3 months, 15 months, and 3 years after corneal surface ablation with mitomycin C

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  De Benito Llopis, Laura ^a   Caadas, Pilar ^a,b   Drake, Pilar ^a   Hernández Verdejo, José Luis ^a,c   Teus, Miguel A ^a,d,e  

^a VISSUM Corporacion Oftalmologica   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD EUROPEA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PRÍNCIPE DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA STROMA; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LASER EPITHELIAL KERATOMILEUSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROMA CELL;

EID: 83455253660     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: 18791891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2011.05.034     Document Type: Article

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