Effect of proparacaine on central corneal thickness values: An evaluation using noncontact specular microscopy and pentacam

Cornea

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 55-58

  Lam, Andrew K C ^a   Chen, Davie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness values; Noncontact specular microscopy; Pentacam; Proparacaine

Indexed keywords

PROXYMETACAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAMERA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DRUG INSTILLATION; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SIDE EFFECT; SPECULAR MICROSCOPY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROPOXYCAINE;

EID: 33846006908     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ico.0000240082.08416.22     Document Type: Article

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