Bilateral Nerve Alterations in a Unilateral Experimental Neurotrophic Keratopathy Model: A Lateral Conjunctival Approach for Trigeminal Axotomy

Takefumi Yamaguchi; Aslihan Turhan; Deshea L. Harris; Kai Hu; Harald Prüss; Ulrich von Andrian; Pedram Hamrah

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0070908

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Bilateral Nerve Alterations in a Unilateral Experimental Neurotrophic Keratopathy Model: A Lateral Conjunctival Approach for Trigeminal Axotomy

Takefumi Yamaguchi,

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Aslihan Turhan,

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Deshea L. Harris,

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Kai Hu,

Affiliation Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Harald Prüss,

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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Ulrich von Andrian,

Affiliation Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Pedram Hamrah

* E-mail: pedram_hamrah@meei.harvard.edu

Affiliations Schepens Eye Research Institute, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cornea Service, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Department of Ophthalmology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Immune Disease Institute, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine at Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Bilateral Nerve Alterations in a Unilateral Experimental Neurotrophic Keratopathy Model: A Lateral Conjunctival Approach for Trigeminal Axotomy

Takefumi Yamaguchi,
Aslihan Turhan,
Deshea L. Harris,
Kai Hu,
Harald Prüss,
Ulrich von Andrian,
Pedram Hamrah

Published: August 14, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0070908

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