Glaucoma

La metilcelulosa como factor inhibidor de la cicatrización en un modelo animal tratado con trabeculectomía

Se observa el efecto sobre la presión intraocular de la aplicación de metilcelulosa durante una trabeculectomía con posterior evaluación histológica.

Autor/a: Ayman A. M. Shouman, Ahmed Helal, Mohamed A. Marzouk, and Eman M. A. Zaki

Fuente: Methylcellulose, a Healing Inhibitor Factor in an Animal Model of Trabeculectomy. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, June 2006, Vol.47, No. 6

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1. Bibliografía
2. Desarrollo

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