Corneal thickness progression from the thinnest point to the limbus: Study based on a normal and a keratoconus population to create reference values;Progressão da espessura corneana do ponto mais fino em direção ao limbo: Estudo de uma população normal e de portadores de ceratocone para criação de valores de referência

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 579-583

  Luz, Allan ^a   Ursulio, Mário ^b,c   Castañeda, Daniel ^d   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^e  

^a FUNDAÇÃO ALTINO VENTURA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Olhos de Sergipe   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SERGIPE   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cornea; Corneal diseases; Corneal topography; Keratoconus; Keratomileusis; Laser in situ; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33749006598     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-27492006000400023     Document Type: Article

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