Is the superior cornea continuously swollen?

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 168-171

  Erickson, Paul ^a   Comstock, Timothy L ^b   Zantos, Steve G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

^c Eye Institute   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal oedema; Corneal thickness profile; Hypoxia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA EDEMA; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

ADULT; CONTACT LENSES; CORNEA; CORNEAL EDEMA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0036559352     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2002.tb03030.x     Document Type: Article

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