Pentacam pachometry: Comparison with non-contact specular microscopy on the central cornea and inter-session repeatability on the peripheral cornea

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 108-114

  Lam, Andrew KC ^a   Chen, Davie ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Pentacam; Specular microscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; KERATOMETRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 33847125749     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2006.00103.x     Document Type: Article

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