Quantitative evaluation of corneal epithelial injury caused by n-heptanol using a corneal resistance measuring device in vivo

Clinical Ophthalmology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 585-593

  Fukuda, Masamichi ^a   Sasaki, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Corneal contact lens electrode corneal resistance device; Corneal injury; Eyes in vivo; N heptanol

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN; HEPTANOL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANGIOGRAPHY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; SLIT LAMP;

EID: 84863494546     PISSN: 11775467     EISSN: 11775483     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/OPTH.S30935     Document Type: Article

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