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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cornea. 2010 Jul;29(7):781–788. doi: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e3181cda38f

Table V.

Phase Transition Parameters

Phase transition Parameter MGD* Enrolled Treatment Time (weeks) Enrolled Post Treatment time (weeks) Normal
(0) (2) (4) (2) (4)

Minimum Frequency (cm-1) 2849.68 ± 0.06 2849.66 ± 0.09 2849.73 ± 0.06 2849.74 ± 0.09 2849.9 ± 0.1 2849.83 ± 0.09 2849.9 ± 0.1

Maximum Frequency (cm-1) 2853.48 ± 0.07 2853.5 ± 0.1 2853.31 ± 0.08 2853.5 ± 0.1 2853.7 ± 0.2 2853.46± 0.1 2853.5 ± 0.1

Cooperativity -8.5 ± 0.4 -8.0 ± 0.4 -8.8 ± 0.7 -8.5 ± 0.4 -7.8 ± 0.3 -9 ± 1 -9.2 ± 0.4

Phase transition Temperature (°C) 32.2 ± 0.5 31.3 ± 0.7 30.5 ± 0.5 31.0 ± 0.5 30.3 ± 0.7 31.8 ± 0.5 28.5 ± 0.5

Enthalpy (Kcal/mol) 157 ± 7 147 ± 5 145 ± 12 156 ± 2 151 ± 14 146 ± 8 149 ± 7

Entropy (Kcal/mol/degree) 0.51 ± 0.02 0.51 ± 0.02 0.48 ± 0.04 0.48 ± 0.03 0.55 ± 0.06 0.48 ± 0.03 0.50 ± 0.08

Order (%) at 33.4°C 47 ± 2 48 ± 3 43 ± 2 41 ± 2 40 ± 3 45 ± 2 36 ± 2

Number of samples 49 18 19 12 7 7 9