Nerve growth factor expression and nerve regeneration in monkey corneas after LASIK

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 134-139

  Chen, Luxia ^a   Wei, Rui Hua ^a   Tan, Donald T H ^b   Beuerman, Roger W ^b,c   Li, Wenbo ^a   Zhao, Shaozhen ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; GOLD CHLORIDE; GOLD DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; INNERVATION; KERATOMILEUSIS; MYOPIA; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE REGENERATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; ANIMAL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PHYSIOLOGY; STAINING;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GOLD COMPOUNDS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MACACA MULATTA; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE REGENERATION; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84901401140     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20140120-10     Document Type: Article

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