Hydrogels as potential probes for investigating the mechanism of lenticular presbyopia

Current Eye Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 384-393

  Shanmugananda Murthy, K ^a   Ravi, Nathan ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Endocapsular polymerization; Hydrogels; Poly(ethyleneglycol) methacrylate; Viscoelasticity

Indexed keywords

MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; METHACRYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MONOMER; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 200 DIMETHACRYLATE; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL 400 MONOMETHACRYLATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HYDROGEL; LENS; LENS DISEASE; MOLECULAR PROBE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; POLYMERIZATION; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEAR STRESS; SWINE; SYNTHESIS; VISCOELASTICITY; VISION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEL; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENSES, INTRAOCULAR; MATERIALS TESTING; OPTICS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; PRESBYOPIA; SWINE;

EID: 0035573699     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/ceyr.22.5.384.5493     Document Type: Article

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