Cross-linking of scleral collagen in the rabbit using riboflavin and UVA

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 477-482

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a,e   Iomdina, Elena ^a   Dittert, Dag Daniel ^b   Salamatina, Olga ^c   Stoltenburg, Gisela ^d  

^a MOSCOW HELMHOLTZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EYE DISEASES   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^c SEMENOV INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^d CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^e NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Collagen cross linking; Progressive myopia; Riboflavin; Sclera; UVA; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOSIMETRY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; IN VIVO STUDY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MICROCOMPUTER; MYOPIA; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; PHOTORECEPTOR; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION DOSE; RETINA DISEASE; SCLERA; STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; FEMALE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; RETINAL DISEASES; RIBOFLAVIN; SCLERA; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 23144452258     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2005.00447.x     Document Type: Article

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