Long-term biomechanical properties after collagen crosslinking of sclera using glyceraldehyde

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 887-893

  Wollensak, Gregor ^a,b   Iomdina, Elena ^c  

^a Martin Luther University ^*  (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^c MOSCOW HELMHOLTZ RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF EYE DISEASES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Collagen crosslinking; Glyceraldehyde; Myopia; Sclera

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; COLLAGEN; GLYCERALDEHYDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MICROSCOPY; MYOPIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCLERA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; COLLAGEN; COMPUTERS; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GLYCERALDEHYDE; INJECTIONS; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MYOPIA; PILOT PROJECTS; RABBITS; RETINA; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57449084014     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2007.01156.x     Document Type: Article

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