The effects of corned parameters on the assessment of endothelial cell density in the elderly eye

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 325-330

  Muller A ^a   Craig, J P ^a   Grupcheva, C N ^a   McGhee, C N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CELL DENSITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPOGRAPHY; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; KERATOMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATARACT; CELL COUNT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 12144290939     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.019315     Document Type: Article

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