Is corneal thickness measurement reliable and useful?;La mesure de l'epaisseur corneenne est-elle fiable et utile?

Journal Francais d'Ophtalmologie

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 160-168

  Bron, A ^a   Chapard, J ^a   Creuzot Garcher, C ^a   Guerzider, V ^a   D'Athis, P ^a  

^a DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Ultrasound pachymetry; Variability

Indexed keywords

DORZOLAMIDE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBSERVER VARIATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SULFONAMIDES; THIOPHENES;

EID: 0032952859     PISSN: 01815512     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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