Biometric pre-operative evaluation of ocular axial length in patients subjected to corneal transplantation

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 212, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1998, Pages 30-32

  Sabetti, L ^a,b   Specchia, G ^a   Toscano, A ^a   Balestrazzi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Discipline Chirurgiche Coppito   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echobiometry; Hypermetropia; Keratoconus; Myopia; Penetrating keratoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BIOMETRY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; EYE AXIS LENGTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; REFRACTION ERROR;

EID: 0031663809     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055418     Document Type: Conference Paper

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