The effect of an artificially elevated intraocular pressure on the central corneal curvature

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 18-24

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Douthwaite, William A ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CORNEA CURVATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORNEA; FEMALE; HEAD-DOWN TILT; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE;

EID: 0031032936     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0275-5408(96)00033-6     Document Type: Article

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