The biology of wound healing in the corneal stroma. Castroviejo lecture.
The healing and remodeling of a stromal incision in described at the gross, fibrillar, and cellular levels. The possibility that the healing of the wound and the clearing of the scar can be accelerated by biological interventions is discussed. Castroviejo Lecture was given on November 9, 1986.
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Division of Ophthalmology, Stanford University, California 94305.
D002921:Cicatrix / Q000473:pathology; D003315:Cornea / Q000601:surgery*; D003319:Corneal Stroma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014945:Wound Healing; D014950:Wounds, Penetrating / Q000473:pathology