Limits of agreement between the optical pachymeter and a noncontact specular microscope

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 545-549

  Ogbuehi, Kelechi C ^a   Almubrad, Turki M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Central cornea thickness; Corneal thickness; Limits of agreement; Noncontact specular microscope; Optical pachymeter; Pachymetry; SP2000P

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA THICKNESS; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MICROSCOPE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 21244460799     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000151506.11447.ed     Document Type: Article

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