Human scleral structural stiffness increases more rapidly with age in donors of African descent compared to donors of European descent

Investigative ophthalmology & visual science

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 7189-7198

  Fazio, Massimo A ^a   Grytz, Rafael ^a   Morris, Jeffrey S ^a   Bruno, Luigi ^a   Girkin, Christopher A ^a   Downs, J Crawford ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; racial differences; scleral biomechanics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DONOR; ELASTICITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCLERA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELASTICITY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MORBIDITY; PROGNOSIS; SCLERA; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84917699897     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.14-14894     Document Type: Article

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