Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 240-247 , February 2009

Cytokine and chemokine levels in tears and in corneal fibroblast cultures before and after excimer laser treatment

Received 7 January 2008 ,Revised 27 July 2008 ,Accepted 26 October 2008.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, April 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(08)01060-2

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.10.030

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 2 , Pages 240-247 , February 2009

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