Altered organization of collagen in the apex of keratoconus corneas

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 327-332

  Radner, W ^a   Zehetmayer, M ^a   Skorpik, Ch ^a   Mallinger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Collagen arrangement; Collagen lamellae; Keratoconus; Scanning electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN FIBRIL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATOCONUS; MICROTOME; PATHOGENESIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031820809     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055492     Document Type: Article

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