Assessment of the epithelium's contribution to corneal biomechanics

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 445-451

  Elsheikh, Ahmed ^a   Alhasso, Daad ^a   Rama, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

biomechanics; cornea; epithelium; experimental testing

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDRATION; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; ELASTICITY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PRESSURE; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 39149134885     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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