Measurement of light transmittance of cryopreserved human amniotic membrane

Cornea

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1080-1083

  Ijiri, Shigeyuki ^a   Kobayashi, Akira ^a   Sugiyama, Kazuhisa ^a   Tseng, Scheffer C G ^b  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OCULAR SURFACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic membrane; Light transmittance; Therapeutic soft contact lens; UV light

Indexed keywords

AMNION; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIGHT; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT CONTACT LENS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

AMNION; CONTACT LENSES; CRYOPRESERVATION; HUMANS; LIGHT; ORGAN PRESERVATION;

EID: 33845349865     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000230495.14896.72     Document Type: Article

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