The effect of pterygium on corneal astigmatism

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 16-23

  Kampitak, Kosol ^a  

^a THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Corneal Astigmatism; Pterygium

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EYE SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PTERYGIUM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SLIT LAMP; TOPOGRAPHY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; HOSPITALIZATION; INCIDENCE; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SEX RATIO; THAILAND;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PTERYGIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THAILAND;

EID: 0037264274     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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