Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2200-2206 , October 2004

Effect of exogenous keratinocyte growth factor on corneal epithelial migration after photorefractive keratectomy

  • Madhavan S. Rajan, MRCOphth,FRCS

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Mr. Madhavan S. Rajan, MRCOphth, FRCS, Department of Ophthalmology, Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London SE17EH, United Kingdom.
    • Departments of Ophthalmology, Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Shahram Shafiei, MD

      Affiliations

    • St. Erick's Eye Hospital, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Christoph V.W. Mohrenfels, MD

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm, Sweden, and the University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • Ann Patmore

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Chris Lohmann, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • Stockholm, Sweden, and the University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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  • John Marshall, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Ophthalmology, Rayne Institute, St. Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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  • Helene Hamberg-Nystrom, MD,PhD

      Affiliations

    • St. Erick's Eye Hospital, Regensburg, Germany

,Accepted 4 February 2004.

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☆ Supported by the Iris Fund for Prevention of Blindness, London, United Kingdom, and St. Erick's Eye Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.

☆☆ None of the authors has a financial interest in any product mentioned.

★ Human Genome Sciences, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, USA, supplied the growth factor for the study.

PII: S0886-3350(04)00166-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2004.02.022

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 30, Issue 10 , Pages 2200-2206 , October 2004

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