Effect of fibrin glue on the biomechanical properties of human Descemet's membrane

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Chaurasia, Shyam S ^a   Champakalakshmi, Ravi ^a   Li, Ang ^b   Poh, Rebekah ^a   Tan, Xiao Wei ^a   Lakshminarayanan, Rajamani ^a   Lim, Chwee T ^b,c   Tan, Donald T ^a,d   Mehta, Jodhbir S ^a,d,e,f  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^e NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^f DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN GLUE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIOMECHANICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; ELASTICITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIAL COATING; MEMBRANE BIOLOGY; MEMBRANE STABILIZATION; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FIBRIN TISSUE ADHESIVE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY;

EID: 84861470944     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037456     Document Type: Article

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