Structural factors that mediate scleral stiffness

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 4232-4236

  Schultz, David S ^a,b   Lotz, Jeffrey C ^b   Lee, Shira M ^a   Trinidad, Monique L ^b   Stewart, Jay M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYDROXYPROLINE; WATER;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; EYE; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCLERA; SOFT TISSUE; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WATER CONTENT; ANIMAL; BODY WATER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; COLLAGEN; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; ELASTIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROLINE; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 53449101841     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.08-1970     Document Type: Article

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