Effect of the menstrual cycle on corneal curvature

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 467-473

  Oliver, Katherine M ^a   Walsh, Glyn ^a   Tomlinson, Alan ^a   McFadyen, Angus ^a   Hemenger, Richard P ^b  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030297647     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0275-5408(96)00013-0     Document Type: Article

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