Silica hybrid for corneal replacement: Optical, biomechanical, and ex vivo biocompatibility studies

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 8192-8199

  DiVito, Michael D ^a   Rudisill, Stephen G ^b   Stein, Andreas ^b   Patel, Sanjay V ^c   McLaren, Jay W ^c   Hubel, Allison ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EPITHELIZATION; HISTOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; REFRACTION INDEX; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TENSILE STRENGTH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN TYPE I; CORNEA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; RABBITS; SILANES; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

EID: 84873330666     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-10561     Document Type: Article

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