Polymer refilling of presbyopic human lenses in vitro restores the ability to undergo accommodative changes

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 250-257

  Koopmans, Steven A ^a   Terwee, Thom ^b   Barkhof, Jan ^b   Haitjema, Henk J ^b   Kooijman, Aart C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Applied Research   (Netherlands)

^c Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMER; SILICONE;

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; CILIARY BODY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; LENS; LENS DIAMETER; LENS IMPLANT; LENS POWER; LENS SIZE; MEASUREMENT; ORGAN DONOR; PRESBYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; TENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; INJECTIONS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MIDDLE AGED; PHACOEMULSIFICATION; PRESBYOPIA; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0037247622     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.02-0256     Document Type: Article

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