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Original Article

Effects of Storage Time on the Mechanical Properties of Rabbit Peripapillary Sclera After Enucleation

Michael Girard Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Legacy Health System, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
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Jun-Kyo Francis Suh Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Richard T. Hart Department of Biomedical Engineering, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Claude F. Burgoyne Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Legacy Health System, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
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J. Crawford Downs Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Legacy Health System, Devers Eye Institute, Portland, Oregon, USA
Pages 465-470 | Received 23 Oct 2006, Accepted 07 Feb 2007, Published online: 02 Jul 2009

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