Stress-strain measurements of human and porcine corneas after riboflavin-ultraviolet-A-induced cross-linking

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1780-1785

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a,c   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a   Seiler, Theo ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; DIODE; ENUCLEATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROCOMPUTER; NONHUMAN; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MEASUREMENT; RIGIDITY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; YOUNG MODULUS;

EID: 0141707873     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(03)00407-3     Document Type: Article

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