Biomechanical and microstructural characteristics of a collagen film-based corneal stroma equivalent

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1565-1575

  Crabb, Rachael A B ^a   Chau, Eric P ^a   Evans, Michael C ^a   Barocas, Victor H ^a   Hubel, Allison ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COLLAGEN; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCAFFOLDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURGERY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE CULTURE;

CORNEAL STROMA EQUIVALENT; FEASIBLE SCAFFOLD; LAMELLAE-LIKE MICROSTRUCTURE; RELAXED MODULUS;

BIOFILMS;

COLLAGEN;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CELL CULTURE; CELL MIGRATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA STROMA; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRATION; OPTICS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE STRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COLLAGEN; CORNEAL STROMA; COS CELLS; HUMANS; MATERIALS TESTING; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS;

EID: 33746803706     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.2006.12.1565     Document Type: Article

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