Comparison of optical and ultrasound pachometry

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 279-283

  Korah, Sanita ^a   Thomas, Ravi ^a   Muliyil, Jayaprakash ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Optical; Pachometry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; ECHOGRAPHY; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; OBSERVER VARIATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REFERENCE VALUE; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 0034569611     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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