Collagen fibril characteristics at the corneo-scleral boundary and rabbit corneal stromal swelling

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 81-92

  Doughty, Michael J ^a   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal oedema; Corneal stroma; Corneal thickness; Hydration; Rabbit; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA STROMA; FEMALE; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SCLERA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL EDEMA; CORNEAL STROMA; FEMALE; RABBITS; SCLERA;

EID: 2942631608     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2004.tb03153.x     Document Type: Article

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