Naltrexone, an Opioid Antagonist, Facilitates Reepithelialization of the Cornea in Diabetic Rat
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Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist, facilitates reepithelialization of the cornea in diabetic rat.
Ulcers and erosions of the corneal epithelium, as well as delays in resurfacing of the cornea after wounding, are major causes of ocular morbidity and visual loss in diabetes. To study whether intervention by the opioid antagonist naltrexone (NTX; 30 mg/kg, twice daily) can restore reepithelialization in diabetic cornea, we induced diabetes in rats by intravenous injection of 65 mg/kg streptozo...
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عنوان ژورنال: Diabetes
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0012-1797,1939-327X
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.10.3055