Long-term biomechanical properties of rabbit sclera after collagen crosslinking using riboflavin and ultraviolet A (UVA)

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 193-198

  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; Sclera; UVA riboflavin progressive myopia; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENT; RIBOFLAVIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; SCLERA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTIC MODULUS; MALE; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RABBITS; RIBOFLAVIN; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 61449249600     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2008.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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