title: Mineral analysis in experimental corneal scars. An EDAX study.
abstract: Central penetrating excisional wounds were made in the corneas of 12 rabbits and 10 trout. The scar tissue and the surrounding cornea were compared using a new method for assessing inorganic elements in the cornea: the scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive analysis of x-ray (EDAX). Semiquantitative determination of inorganic elements within the range of atomic numbers 9-93 in the periodic system was performed, comparing the relative concentration of those elements in the scar tissue to the surrounding cornea. Results showed that calcium was the only element higher in the healing wound than in the surrounding cornea.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Oftalmologia Pelayo, Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bonafonte
authors.forename: J N
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Fernandez del Cotero
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguirre Vila-Coro
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism; D002921:Cicatrix / Q000378:metabolism*; D003315:Cornea / Q000378:metabolism; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000378:metabolism*; D004577:Electron Probe Microanalysis; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D011817:Rabbits; D014337:Trout
chemical_list: D002118:Calcium