Comparison of central corneal thickness measured by four different pachymeters

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 156-160

  Myrowitz, Elliott H ^a,c   Ren, Shiquan ^b   Chuck, Roy S ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Central corneal thickness; Orbscan; Pachymetry; Ultrasound pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SLIT LAMP;

ADULT; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34248529791     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000246871.26413.32     Document Type: Article

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