Measurement of transmission of ultraviolet and visible light in the living rabbit cornea

Current Eye Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 411-421

  McLaren, Jay W ^a   Brubaker, Richard F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Instrument; Rabbit; Transmittance; Transparency; Ultraviolet light

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA OPACITY; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROPHOTOMETRY; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0029874296     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713689608995832     Document Type: Article

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