Corneal thickness in pigs measured by ultrasound pachymetry in vivo

Scandinavian Journal of Laboratory Animal Science

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Faber, Carsten ^a   Scherfig, Erik ^a,b   Prause, Jan Ulrik ^a,b   Sørensen, Knud Erik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; IN VIVO STUDY; MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

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EID: 44149105666     PISSN: 09013393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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