Mapping collagen organization in the human cornea: Left and right eyes are structurally distinct

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 901-908

  Boote, Craig ^a   Hayes, Sally ^a   Abahussin, Mohammad ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCLERA; BIOMECHANICS; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; KERATOMETRY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANISOTROPY; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 33645404163     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.05-0893     Document Type: Article

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