Contact or immersion technique for axial length measurement?

Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-51

  Watson, Adam ^a,c   Armstrong, Robyn ^b  

^a ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Blacktown Eye Centre   (Australia)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

A scan; Axial length measurement; Contact technique; Immersion technique; Intra ocular lens power

Indexed keywords

EID: 17944377092     PISSN: 14426404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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