Quantification of collagen organization in the peripheral human cornea at micron-scale resolution

Biophysical Journal

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-42

  Boote, Craig ^a   Kamma Lorger, Christina S ^a   Hayes, Sally ^a   Harris, Jonathan ^a   Burghammer, Manfred ^b   Hiller, Jennifer ^c   Terrill, Nicholas J ^c   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CORNEA; CORNEA LIMBUS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; FIBRILLAR COLLAGENS; HUMANS; LIMBUS CORNEAE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 80052451460     PISSN: 00063495     EISSN: 15420086     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.05.029     Document Type: Article

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