Biomechanical Strengthening of the Human Cornea Induced by Nanoplatform-Based Transepithelial Riboflavin/UV-A Corneal Cross-Linking | Zendy

Cristina Labate | Zendy; Marco Lombardo | Zendy; Giuseppe Lombardo | Zendy; Maria Penelope De Santo | Zendy

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Biomechanical Strengthening of the Human Cornea Induced by Nanoplatform-Based Transepithelial Riboflavin/UV-A Corneal Cross-Linking

Author(s) -

Cristina Labate,

Marco Lombardo,

Giuseppe Lombardo,

Maria Penelope De Santo

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

investigative ophthalmology and visual science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.935

H-Index - 218

eISSN - 1552-5783

pISSN - 0146-0404

DOI - 10.1167/iovs.16-20813

Subject(s) - riboflavin , cornea , chemistry , corneal collagen cross linking , corneal epithelium , biomedical engineering , ultraviolet a , ophthalmology , biophysics , materials science , keratoconus , medicine , biochemistry , biology , dermatology

The purpose of this study was to investigate the biomechanical stiffening effect induced by nanoplatform-based transepithelial riboflavin/UV-A cross-linking protocol using atomic force microscopy (AFM).

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