Central corneal thickness in primary open angle glaucoma, pseudoexfoliative glaucoma, ocular hypertension, and normal population

European Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 324-328

  Yagci, Ramazan ^a,b   Eksioglu, U ^a   Midillioglu, I ^a   Yalvac, I ^a   Altiparmak, E ^a   Duman, S ^a  

^a ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Intraocular pressure; Ocular hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APPLANATION TONOMETRY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATIVE GLAUCOMA; TONOMETRY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 21744440082     PISSN: 11206721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/112067210501500302     Document Type: Article

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