Evaluation of lenticonus in Alport's syndrome: Quantitative scheimpflug analysis

Ophthalmologica

Volumn 217, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 189-193

  Zhou, Wei ^a,c   Hirsch, Marc ^a   Junk, Anna K ^b   Casper, Daniel S ^a   Braunstein, Richard ^a   David, Janice ^a   Worgul, Basil V ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HENAN PROVINCIAL PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Alport's syndrome; Biometry; Cataract; Cornea; Densitometry; Lens; Lenticonus; Quantitative assessment; Scheimpflug imaging; Vitreous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPORT SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EYE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LENS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VITREOUS BODY;

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LENS CAPSULE, CRYSTALLINE; LENS CORTEX, CRYSTALLINE; MALE; NEPHRITIS, HEREDITARY; PHOTOGRAPHY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0037239875     PISSN: 00303755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068978     Document Type: Article

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