Corneal pachymetry in normal and keratoconic eyes: Orbscan II versus ultrasound

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1272-1277

  Gherghel, D ^a,b   Hosking, S L ^a,b   Mantry, S ^b   Banerjee, S ^b   Naroo, S A ^a,b   Shah, S ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

ADULT; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 2942589155     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2003.11.049     Document Type: Article

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