Biomechanical properties of corneal tissue after ultraviolet-A-riboflavin crosslinking

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 451-462

  Beshtawi, Ithar M ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^b   Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Optegra Eye Sciences UK Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBER; RIBOFLAVIN;

BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEA RESISTANCE FACTOR; CORNEA SWELLING BEHAVIOR; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CROSS LINKING; DEGRADATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME DIGESTION; HEAT; HUMAN; INFLATION PROCEDURE; KERATOCONUS; NANOINDENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RIGIDITY; SCANNING ACOUSTIC MICROSCOPY; SPHERICAL MICROINDENTATION TECHNIQUE; STRIP ESTENSOMETRY TECHNIQUE; THERMOMECHANICAL BEHAVIOR; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

ANIMALS; BIOMECHANICS; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; ELASTICITY; HUMANS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; PHOTOSENSITIZING AGENTS; RIBOFLAVIN; TENSILE STRENGTH; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84875168300     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2013.01.026     Document Type: Review

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