The reliability of central corneal thickness measurements by ultrasound and by Orbscan system in schoolchildren

Current Eye Research

Volumn 31, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 569-575

  Basmak, Hikmet ^a   Sahin, Afsun ^a   Yildirim, Nilgun ^a  

^a ESKISEHIR OSMANGAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Corneal thickness; Orbscan II system; Ultrasound pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVER VARIATION; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746838099     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02713680600801115     Document Type: Article

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