Relationship between corneal thickness and measured intraocular pressure in a general ophthalmology clinic

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2154-2160

  Shah, Sunil ^a,b,d   Chatterjee, Anupam ^c   Mathai, Manoj ^a   Kelly, Simon P ^a   Kwartz, Jeff ^a   Henson, David ^b   McLeod, David ^b  

^a ROYAL BOLTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MANCHESTER ROYAL EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Optimax Laser Eye Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETRY;

EID: 0033498048     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90498-0     Document Type: Article

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