Changes of corneal optical properties after UVB irradiation investigated spectrophotometrically

Physiological Research

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 591-597

  Cejka C ^a,b   Platenik J ^b   Sirc J ^c   Ardan, T ^a   Michalek J ^c   Brunova B ^b   Cejkova J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Absorption coefficients; Corneal hydration; Corneal light absorption; UVB rays

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CORNEA; DISEASE MODEL; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTION; ANIMALS; BODY WATER; CORNEA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; LIGHT; RABBITS; RADIATION INJURIES, EXPERIMENTAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77958146072     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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