Comparative study of fibrillar collagen arrangement in the corneas of primates and other mammals

Anatomical Record

Volumn 290, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1542-1550

  Hayes, Sally ^a   Boote, Craig ^a   Lewis, Jennifer ^a,b   Sheppard, Jack ^a   Abahussin, Mohammad ^a   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Purslow, Christine ^a   Votruba, Marcela ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Collagen; Cornea; Species; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; EYELID REFLEX; HORSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MARMOSET; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SWINE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; MAMMALS; OCULOMOTOR MUSCLES; PRIMATES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMALIA; EQUIDAE; MAMMALIA; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PRIMATES; SUIDAE;

EID: 37049003500     PISSN: 19328486     EISSN: 19328494     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ar.20613     Document Type: Article

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