Survey of Ophthalmology
Volume 47, Issue 3 , Pages 239-256 , May 2002

Matrix Metalloproteinases in Disease and Repair Processes in the Anterior Segment

  • Tina T.L Wong, MRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint address: Tina T. L. Wong BSc, MRCOphth, Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK.
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  • Charanjit Sethi, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK
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  • Julie T Daniels, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK
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  • G.Astrid Limb, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK
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  • Gillian Murphy, PhD

      Affiliations

    • School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
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  • Peng T Khaw, FRCOphth

      Affiliations

    • Wound Healing Research Unit, Departments of Pathology and Glaucoma, Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Hospital, London,UK

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