Measuring central corneal thickness with ultrasound pachymetry

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 437-439

  Realini, Tony ^a   Lovelace, Kim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Pachymetry; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

EYE PROTECTION; ULTRASONICS;

ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY;

VISION;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EYE; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; OPTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WEIGHTS AND MEASURES;

EID: 0038118688     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200306000-00009     Document Type: Article

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