Cornea lenticule viability and structural integrity after refractive lenticule extraction (ReLEx) and cryopreservation

Molecular Vision

Volumn 17, Issue , 2011, Pages 3437-3449

  Mohamed Noriega, Karim ^a,b   Toh, Kah Peng ^a   Poh, Rebekah ^a   Balehosur, Deepashree ^a   Riau, Andri ^a   Htoon, Hla M ^a,c   Peh, Gary S L ^a   Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Tan, Donald T ^a,b,d   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,b,c,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE 3A1; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; KERATOCAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LENTICULE; CORNEA STROMA; CRYOPRESERVATION; FIBROBLAST; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REFRACTIVE LENTICULE EXTRACTION; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; APOPTOSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL KERATOCYTES; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROTEOGLYCANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 84856194902     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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