A study of corneal thickness, shape and collagen organisation in keratoconus using videokeratography and X-ray scattering techniques

Experimental Eye Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 423-434

  Hayes, Sally ^a   Boote, Craig ^a   Tuft, Stephen J ^b   Quantock, Andrew J ^a   Meek, Keith M ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cornea; keratoconus; videokeratography; X ray scattering

Indexed keywords

FIBRILLAR COLLAGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLAGEN DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VIVO STUDY; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; SYNCHROTRON; VIDEOKERATOGRAPHY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLLAGEN; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; SCATTERING, RADIATION; X-RAYS;

EID: 33846807704     PISSN: 00144835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exer.2006.10.014     Document Type: Article

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