The comparison of corneal thickness measurement: Ultrasound versus optical methods

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 462-466

  Chaidaroon, Winai ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Central Corneal Thickness; Optical Pachymetry; Ultrasonic Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL PACHYMETRY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT T TEST; ULTRASONIC PACHYMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOPIA; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 0041344560     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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