Endothelial cell damage following sulfur mustard exposure in rabbits and its association with the delayed-onset ocular lesions

Cutaneous and Ocular Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-123

  Kadar, Tamar ^a   Cohen, Maayan ^a   Cohen, Liat ^a   Fishbine, Eliezer ^a   Sahar, Rita ^a   Brandeis, Rachel ^a   Dachir, Shlomit ^a   Amir, Adina ^a  

^a ISRAEL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemical burn; Cornea; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

MUSTARD GAS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EROSION; CORNEA THICKNESS; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE INFLAMMATION; EYE INJURY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRICS; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CHEMICAL WARFARE AGENTS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, CORNEAL; EYE INJURIES; FEMALE; MUSTARD GAS; RABBITS;

ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 84869408966     PISSN: 15569527     EISSN: 15569535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/15569527.2012.717571     Document Type: Article

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