Corneal curvature stability with increased intraocular pressure

Eye and Contact Lens

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 130-137

  McMonnies, Charles W ^a,b   Boneham, Gavin C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Corneal curvature; Corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure; Refraction; Videokeratography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA LIMBUS; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; CORNEA SENSIBILITY; CORNEA THICKNESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCLERA; YOUNG MODULUS;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FINGERS; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 34248592688     PISSN: 15422321     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.icl.0000246910.02437.62     Document Type: Article

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