Simultaneous measurement of the tension, elongation, and refractive power of the bovine lens zonule

Journal of Japanese Ophthalmological Society

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 660-664

  Kamikawatoko, Soichiro ^a   Tokoro, Takashi ^a   Sogo, Koji ^a   Imai, Shoji ^a   Ishida, Akimasa ^a   Azuma, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elongation; Lens; Refraction; Tension; Zonule

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATTLE; EYE REFRACTION; LENS POWER; NONHUMAN; REFRACTION INDEX; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CATTLE; CILIARY BODY; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0029773375     PISSN: 00290203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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