Racial differences in central corneal thickness and refraction among refractive surgery candidates

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 194-197

  Yo, Christopher ^a,c   Ariyasu, Reginald G ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ASTIGMATISM; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 15544378696     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-20050301-17     Document Type: Article

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