Mineral analysis in experimental corneal scars. An EDAX study

Journal Article · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Cornea; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1097/00003226-198802000-00007· OSTI ID:7072770

Bonafonte, S; Fernandez del Cotero, J N; Aguirre Vila-Coro, A

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.

• Research Organization: Centro de Oftalmologia Pelayo, Barcelona (Spain)
• OSTI ID: 7072770
• Journal Information: Cornea; (United States), Vol. 7:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
CORNEA
ELECTRON MICROPROBE ANALYSIS
WOUNDS
HEALING
CALCIUM
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
MINERALS
OPHTHALMOLOGY
RABBITS
TROUT
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY
BODY
BODY AREAS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
EYES
FACE
FISHES
HEAD
INJURIES
MAMMALS
MEDICINE
METALS
MICROANALYSIS
ORGANS
RECOVERY
SENSE ORGANS
VERTEBRATES
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