A comparative study on the viscoelastic properties of human and animal lenses

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 681-688

  Sharma, P K ^a   Busscher, H J ^a   Terwee, T ^b   Koopmans, S A ^a   van Kooten, T G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b AMO Groningen BV   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elasticity; Lens; Leporine; Monkey; Porcine

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORCE; HAPLORHINI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; LENS; LOADING FORCE; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RIGIDITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SWINE; THICKNESS; VISCOELASTICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANIMALS; CHILD; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS, CRYSTALLINE; MACACA MULATTA; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; RABBITS; SUS SCROFA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81355146736     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: 10960007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2011.08.009     Document Type: Article

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