Comparison of Four Corneal Pachymetry Techniques in Corneal Refractive Surgery

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-34

  Javaloy, Jaime ^a,b   Vidal, Maria Teresa ^a   Villada, Jose R ^a   Artola, Alberto ^a   Alió, Jorge L ^a  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b Instituto Oftalmologico de Alicante ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMETRY; BIOMICROSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CORNEA; CORNEA SURGERY; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOGRAPHY; EYE SURGERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MYOPIA; OPTICS; PACHYMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION;

EID: 0347763535     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20040101-06     Document Type: Article

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