The progression of haze formation in rabbit corneas following phototherapeutic keratectomy

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 4776-4781

  Gibson, Daniel J ^a   Tuli, Sonal S ^b   Schultz, Gregory S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibrosis; Haze; Opacification

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; MELOXICAM; TENASCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL HAZE; DISEASE COURSE; EPITHELIZATION; EYE PHOTOGRAPHY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCH BIOPSY; RABBIT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SLIT LAMP; WOUND HEALING;

FIBROSIS; HAZE; OPACIFICATION;

ANIMALS; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL SURGERY, LASER; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; LASERS, EXCIMER; RABBITS;

EID: 84880303809     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.13-11976     Document Type: Article

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