White-to-white corneal diameter: Normal values in healthy humans obtained with the Orbscan II topography system

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 259-261

  Rüfer, Florian ^a,b   Schröder, Anke ^a   Erb, Carl ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Corneal diameter; Macrocornea; Microcornea; Orbscan II; White to white

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CORNEA DYSTROPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROPHTHALMIA; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 15744391670     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000148312.01805.53     Document Type: Article

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