Advances in polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel keratoprostheses: Protection against ultraviolet light and fabrication by a molding process

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 299-304

  Tsuk, Andrew G ^a   Trinkaus Randall, Vickery ^a   Leibowitz, Howard M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; COPOLYMERIZATION; FABRICATION; HYDROGELS; MIXTURES; MOLDING; MONOMERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; RADIATION PROTECTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

KERATOPROSTHESIS; POLYVINYL TRIFLUOROACETATE;

PROSTHETICS;

BIOMATERIAL; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FIBROBLAST; HYDROGEL; KERATOPROSTHESIS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOULD; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CORNEA; FIBROBLASTS; GELS; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RABBITS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0031553835     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19970305)34:3<299::AID-JBM4>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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