The Stokes-Einstein equation and the physiological effects of vitreous surgery

Acta Ophthalmologica Scandinavica

Volumn 84, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 718-719

  Stefánsson, Einar ^a   Loftsson, Thorsteinn ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GANCICLOVIR; GROWTH FACTOR; OXYGEN; SILICONE OIL; VASCULOTROPIN;

DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DRUG CLEARANCE; DRUG SOLUBILITY; EDITORIAL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; HYPOXIA; LENS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGEN TRANSPORT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RETINA ISCHEMIA; RETINA NEOVASCULARIZATION; STOKES EINSTEIN EQUATION; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOKINETICS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY;

EID: 33750612520     PISSN: 13953907     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2006.00778.x     Document Type: Editorial

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