Biomechanical and morphological differences between the sclera canal ring and a peripheral sclera ring in the porcine eye

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 61-65

  Terai, Naim ^a   Schlötzer Schrehardt, Ursula ^b   Spoerl, Eberhard ^a   Hornykewycz, Karin ^a   Haentzschel, Janek ^a   Haustein, Michael ^a   Pillunat, Lutz E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomechanics; Glaucoma; Hysteresis; Optic nerve head; Sclera canal ring

Indexed keywords

ELASTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HYSTERESIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; SCLERA; SCLERA CANAL RING; SUPERIORLY LOCALIZED SCLERA RING; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTIN; LIMBUS CORNEAE; SCLERA; STRESS, MECHANICAL; SWINE;

EID: 79959644671     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: 14230259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328983     Document Type: Article

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