Cornea
Cornea
· ISSN (print) 0277-3740
· 3 papers in corpus
case-report
2021
PURPOSE: To report a case of a culture-negative deep fungal corneal infection that was diagnosed after histopathology of an anterior segment optical coherence tomography-guided endothelial biopsy. METHODS: A 22-year-old woman with history …
lab-animal
2018
PURPOSE: Fungal keratitis is a major cause of corneal ulcers, resulting in significant visual impairment and blindness. Fenretinide, a derivative of vitamin A, has been shown to suppress inflammation in a multitude of diseases. In this stud…
observational
2008
PURPOSE: Pterygium is composed of proliferating fibrovascular tissue, and its formation and progression require neovascularization. Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a specific mitogen for vascular endothelial cells and is essent…