Clinical and histopathological outcomes of subconjunctival triamcinolone injection for the treatment of acute ocular alkali burn in rabbits

Cornea

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-187

  Saud, Esper E ^a   Moraes Jr , Haroldo V ^a   Marculino, Leonardo G C ^b   Gomes, José Alvaro P ^b   Allodi, Silvana ^a   Miguel, Nádia C O ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

biomicroscopy; chemical injury; cornea; light microscopy; triamcinolone

Indexed keywords

KETAMINE; PROXYMETACAINE; TRIAMCINOLONE;

ACUTE OCULAR ALKALI BURN; ANESTHESIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAUSTIC BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; CORNEA VASCULARIZATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EYE BURN; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADMINISTRATION, OPHTHALMIC; ALKALIES; ANIMALS; BURNS, CHEMICAL; CORNEA; CORNEAL NEOVASCULARIZATION; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EYE BURNS; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; INJECTIONS; RABBITS; TRIAMCINOLONE;

EID: 84855847351     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e318221ce99     Document Type: Article

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