Collagen fibril orientation in the human corneal stroma and its implication in keratoconus

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Daxer, Albert ^a,b   Fratzl, Peter ^b,c  

^a Univ klinik Augenheilkunde Optomet   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

collagen; corneal biomechanics; corneal stroma; keratoconus; refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0031024768     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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