Effect of epithelial debridement on human cornea proteoglycans

Corneal transparency is attributed to the regular spacing and diameter of collagen fibrils, and proteoglycans may play a role in fibrillogenesis and matrix assembly. Corneal scar tissue is opaque and this opacity is explained by decreased ultrastructural order that may be related to proteoglycan com...

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Main Authors: E.S. Soriano, M.S.Q. Campos, J.A.K. Aguiar, Y.M. Michelacci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2001-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000300005