Cytotoxic effect and possible mechanisms of tetracaine on human corneal epithelial cells in vitro

International Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 497-504

  Pang, Xin ^a   Fan, Ting Jun ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Cytotoxicity; Human cornel epithelial cells; Mitochondrion; Tetracaine

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964842145     PISSN: 22223959     EISSN: 22274898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18240/ijo.2016.04.04     Document Type: Article

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