Central corneal thickness measurement in clinical practice

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 331-336

  Shildkrot, Yevgeniy ^a   Liebmann, Jeffrey M ^a,b,f   Fabijanczyk, Bartosz ^c   Tello, Celso A ^d,e   Ritch, Robert ^d,e  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Wojewodzki Szpital Specjalistyczny w Zgierzu   (Poland)

^d NEW YORK EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^e NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central cornea thickness; Glaucoma; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLOSED ANGLE GLAUCOMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLAUCOMA; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; GLAUCOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25644443115     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ijg.0000176929.83734.b4     Document Type: Article

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