Central corneal mechanical sensitivity in pseudoexfoliation syndrome

Cornea

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 688-691

  Detorakis, Efstathios T ^a,c   Koukoula, Stavrenia ^a   Chrisohoou, Fotios ^a   Konstas, Anastasios G ^b   Kozobolis, Vassilios P ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Mechanical sensitivity; Pseudoexfoliation syndrome; Tear film

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOEXFOLIATION; SCHIRMER TEST; SENSORY NERVE; TEAR FILM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPESTHESIA; LACRIMAL APPARATUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; SENSATION; TEARS;

EID: 23044485084     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000154232.18618.e0     Document Type: Article

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