Correlation between pterygium size and induced corneal astigmatism

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-30

  Lin, Alison ^a   Stern, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism; Corneal topography; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SLIT LAMP; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031964504     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199801000-00005     Document Type: Review

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