Acta Med. 2007, 50: 145-148

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.72

Improvement In Rabbit Corneal Cell Suspension Viability After Freezing With Gingko Biloba Extrakt

Murad Aktana, Berrin Okkab, Mehmet Okkab, Selcuk Dumana

aSelcuk University, Meram Medical Faculty, Histology-Embryology Deptartment, Konya, Turkey
bUniversity of Wisconsin, Medical School, Ophthalmology Department, Madison, WI, USA

Received August 1, 2006
Accepted October 1, 2006

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