Intraocular lens thickness and ocular growth in newborn rabbits

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 272-274

  Kugelberg, Ulla ^a   Zetterström, Charlotta ^a   Lundgren, Björn ^b   Syrén Nordqvist, Sinikka ^a  

^a ST ERIK S EYE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b Pharmacia & Upjohn AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Axial length; Corneal diameter; Eye growth; Intraocular lens thickness; Rabbit; Silicone IOL

Indexed keywords

POLYPROPYLENE; SILICONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CORNEA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; LENS IMPLANT; LENSECTOMY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; THICKNESS; TIME;

EID: 0030789457     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.1997.tb00771.x     Document Type: Article

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