Comparison of central corneal thickness measurements with a new optical device and a standard ultrasonic pachymeter

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 460-463

  Nemeth, Gabor ^a   Tsorbatzoglou, Alexis ^a   Kertesz, Katalin ^a   Vajas, Attila ^a   Berta, Andras ^a   Módis Jr , Laszlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INTERFEROMETRY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ULTRASOUND; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMETRY; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33646046444     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2005.12.138     Document Type: Article

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