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Silk fibroin safety in the eye: a review that highlights a concern
The biomedical use of silk as a suture dates back to antiquity. Fibroin is the structural element that determines the strength of silk and here we consider the safety of fibroin in its role in ophthalmology. The high mechanical strength of silk meant sufficiently thin threads could be made for eye m...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7513638/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33024827 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2020-000510 |