Age-related differences in the elasticity of the human cornea

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 4324-4329

  Cartwright, Nathaniel E Knox ^a   Tyrer, John R ^b   Marshall, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERFEROMETER; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; YOUNG MODULUS; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERFEROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051614051     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.09-4798     Document Type: Article

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