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. 2015 Jun 1;56(6):3505–3513. doi: 10.1167/iovs.15-16755

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Eight weeks post surgery, 44-mer PEDF+DHA increases corneal nerve area. (A) Immunocytochemistry of subbasal corneal nerves stained with βIII tubulin in rabbit corneal wholemounts 8 weeks after lamellar keratectomy. Images within the surgical area are shown for all study groups. (B) Quantification of subbasal nerve area. *Statistically significant higher nerve area in the PEDF+DHA (n = 6 rabbits) and 44-mer PEDF+DHA (n = 9 rabbits) groups compared with 34-mer PEDF+DHA (n = 9 rabbits) and vehicle groups (n = 6 rabbits).