The corneal-thickness profile in Hong Kong Chinese

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 384-388

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

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Hong Kong Chinese; Ultrasound pachometer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CORNEA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031801250     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199807000-00008     Document Type: Article

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