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THE INFLUENCE OF THE NICTITATING MEMBRANE ON STEROID INHIBITION OF LIMBAL WOUND HEALING
Author(s) -
MILLER DAVID,
O'CONNOR PATRICIA
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
acta ophthalmologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.534
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1755-3768
pISSN - 1755-375X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-3768.1977.tb05655.x
Subject(s) - nictitating membrane , membrane , rabbit (cipher) , wound healing , fluorescein , medicine , ophthalmology , chemistry , surgery , biochemistry , computer science , mathematics , optics , fluorescence , statistics , classical conditioning , computer security , physics , conditioning
In a study involving 34 rabbits, it was found that local corticosteroids inhibit limbal wound healing in normal rabbit eyes, and do not inhibit similar wounds if the nictitating membrane has been removed. It was further found that the contact time of fluorescein labelled corticosteroids is almost 3 times longer in rabbit eyes with nictitating membranes than those in which the membranes have been removed.