Decreased central corneal thickness in children with Down syndrome

Journal of Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 274-277

  Evereklioglu, Cem ^a   Yilmaz, Kutluhan ^a   Bekir, Necdet A ^a  

^a NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DOWN SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPOTENSION; KERATOMETRY; MALE; RANK SUM TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0036746255     PISSN: 01913913     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/0191-3913-20020901-07     Document Type: Article

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