The effect of central corneal thickness on estimates of the anterior chamber depth

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 371-375

  Osuobeni, Ebi P ^a   Hegarty, Claire ^a   Gunvant, Pinakin ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anterior chamber depth; Corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PATHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOPIA; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 1542780614     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2003.tb03081.x     Document Type: Article

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