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. 2015 Oct 28;9:2019–2026. doi: 10.2147/OPTH.S90778

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Photomicrograph of corneal sections of normal and diabetic rats treated with AV.

Notes: (A) The figure showed normal corneal Ep and St; (B) DC group showed marked corneal epithelial degeneration (arrow) with severe neutrophilic infiltration (arrowhead); (C) DAV group showed epithelization of corneal epithelium (arrow) with fibroblastic cell in the stroma (arrowhead); (D) NC group showed corneal epithelial vacuolation with cellular infiltration (arrow) and stromal edema; (E) NAV group showed marked epithelization of cornea. (H&E, bar =100 μm.)

Abbreviations: AV, aloe vera; Ep, epithelium; St, stroma; NC, normal control; NAV, normal aloe vera; DC, diabetic control; DAV, diabetic aloe vera; H&E, hematoxylin and eosin.