Thermal and mechanical stability of the lens capsule

Current Eye Research

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 470-477

  Krag, Susanne ^a   Danielsen, Carl Christian ^b   Andreassen, Troels T ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Age; Basement membrane; Cataract surgery; Human; Lens capsule; Mechanical properties; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 4;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEATING; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS CAPSULE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOSTABILITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SWINE; TEMPERATURE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 0031780996     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.17.5.470.5198     Document Type: Article

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