Restoration of the rabbit corneal surface after total epithelial debridement and complete limbal excision
How is the corneal epithelium restored when all of it plus the limbus have been eliminated? This investigation explored the possibility that this may be achieved through the conjunctival epithelium. The corneal epithelium of the right eye of 12 rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) was totally scraped fol...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2012-05-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2012000500005 |