Biometry of primate lenses during immersion in preservation media

Molecular Vision

Volumn 12, Issue , 2006, Pages 740-747

  Augusteyn, Robert C ^a,b   Rosen, Alexandre M ^c,d   Borja, David ^c,d   Ziebarth, Noel M ^c,d   Parel, Jean Marie ^c,d  

^a VISION COOPERATIVE RESEARCH CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Miami College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RINGER SOLUTION; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE CULTURE MEDIUM; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMETRY; CELL ASSAY; CELL SEPARATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EX VIVO STUDY; EYEBANK; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMERSION; INCUBATION TIME; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENS; LENS EPITHELIUM; LIQUID CULTURE; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE PRESERVATION; WATER TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOMETRY; CULTURE MEDIA; HUMANS; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN PRESERVATION SOLUTIONS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRIMATES; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 33745700409     PISSN: 10900535     EISSN: 10900535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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