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Use and Misuse of Laplace's Law in Ophthalmology

PURPOSE: Laplace's Law, with its compactness and simplicity, has long been employed in ophthalmology for describing the mechanics of the corneoscleral shell. We questioned the appropriateness of Laplace's Law for computing wall stress in the eye considering the advances in knowledge of ocu...

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Autores principales: Chung, Cheuk Wang, Girard, Michaël J. A., Jan, Ning-Jiun, Sigal, Ian A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4727525/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26803799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1167/iovs.15-18053