A novel 8-mm Schlemm's canal scaffold reduces outflow resistance in a human anterior segment perfusion model

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1698-1704

  Gulati, Vikas ^a   Fan, Shan ^a   Hays, Cassandra L ^a   Samuelson, Thomas W ^b,c   Ahmed, Iqbal Ike K ^d   Toris, Carol B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MINNESOTA EYE CONSULTANTS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TISSUE SCAFFOLD;

AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; AQUEOUS HUMOR OUTFLOW; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NITINOL STENT; PERFUSION PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHLEMM CANAL;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; AQUEOUS HUMOR; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA DRAINAGE IMPLANTS; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERFUSION; TRABECULAR MESHWORK;

EID: 84875422579     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.12-11373     Document Type: Article

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