Age-related changes in central and peripheral corneal thickness: Determination of normal values with the Orbscan II topography system1

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-5

  Rüfer, Florian ^a,b   Schröder, Anke ^b   Bader, Christine ^b   Erb, Carl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age; Central corneal thickness; Normal levels; Orbscan II; Pachymetry; Peripheral corneal thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33846000997     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240095.95067.3f     Document Type: Article

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