TECHNIC IN GRAFTING CORNEA OF A RABBIT'S EYE FOR DESTRUCTIVE ULCERATIVE CORNEA

Cornea

This book, with contributions by some distinguished ophthalmologists, neatly summarizes some of the recent advances in corneal diseases and their management. The opening chapter by Dua and Said, is an appropriate introduction to the book, dealing as it does with the fundamental basics of ocular health – the tear film, conjunctiva, the limbus with its reservoir of stem cells and corneal nerves. ...

Epithelial downgrowth following clear cornea phacoemulsification in a buphthalmic eye.

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The cornea in kwashiorkor

The resistance of the cornea to infection is lowered in Kwashiorkor. There is more morbidity of the cornea among children who have been malnourished. Thus among 1,000 well-nourished children examined, there were only 2 (0.2%) children with corneal opacity, whereas among 200 children who were being treated for Protein-Calorie Malnutrition 4 (2%) had corneal lesions. The Lowering of resistance of...

Calpain in rat cornea.

This study was conducted to provide a description of calpain proteolytic enzyme (EC 3.4.22.17) in normal rat cornea and to document immunohistochemical changes in calpain distribution during maturation. Corneal soluble proteins were fractionated by diethylaminoethyl chromatography on high-performance liquid chromatography. Fractions were analyzed for calpain by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay...

Polarized Light Studies of the Cornea I. the Isolated Cornea