Canadian perspectives in glaucoma management: The role of central corneal thickness

Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-74

  Behki, Rama ^a   Damji, Karim F ^a   Crichton, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA EYE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Glaucoma; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; META ANALYSIS; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROGNOSIS; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 33947148697     PISSN: 00084182     EISSN: 17153360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/I06-108     Document Type: Review

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