Blue light injures corneal epithelial cells in the mitotic phase in vitro

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 990-992

  Niwano, Yoshimi ^a   Kanno, Taro ^a   Iwasawa, Atsuo ^b   Ayaki, Masahiko ^c   Tsubota, Kazuo ^c  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; BLUE LIGHT; CELL DAMAGE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL VIABILITY; CONTINUOUS WAVE LASER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA INJURY; DIODE LASER; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INDIUM GALLIUM NITRIDE LASER DIODE; LETTER; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHOTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

CORNEA; EXPERIMENTAL – LABORATORY; OCULAR SURFACE;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CELL SURVIVAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; LIGHT; MITOSIS; RABBITS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902386829     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305205     Document Type: Letter

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