Biomechanics of the human posterior sclera: Age- and glaucoma-related changes measured using inflation testing

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1714-1728

  Coudrillier, Baptiste ^a   Tian, Jing ^b   Alexander, Stephen ^a   Myers, Kristin M ^c   Quigley, Harry A ^d   Nguyen, Thao D ^a  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLATION TEST; MALE; NERVE FIBER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGIDITY; SCLERA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; ELASTICITY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; SCLERA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84859396267     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.11-8009     Document Type: Article

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