| Value |
70
% of dry weight of cornea
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| Organism |
Human Homo sapiens |
| Reference |
Koudouna E et al., Evolution of the vertebrate corneal stroma. Prog Retin Eye Res. 2018 May64: 65-76. doi: 10.1016/j.preteyeres.2018.01.002 p.66 left column bottom paragraphPubMed ID29398348
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| Primary Source |
Abahussin M et al., 3D collagen orientation study of the human cornea using X-ray diffraction and femtosecond laser technology. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2009 Nov50(11):5159-64. doi: 10.1167/iovs.09-3669PubMed ID19516010
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| Method |
Primary source abstract: "Femtosecond laser technology was used to delaminate the central zones of five human corneas into three separate layers (anterior, mid, and posterior stroma), each with predetermined thicknesses. Wide-angle x-ray diffraction was used to study the gross collagen fibril orientation and distribution within each layer." |
| Comments |
P.66 left column bottom paragraph: "The corneal stroma represents 90% of the corneal thickness and is composed predominantly of fibrillar collagen representing 70% of the dry weight of the cornea (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
117196 |