Central Corneal Thickness: Congenital Cataracts and Aphakia

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Muir, Kelly W ^a   Duncan, Lois ^a   Enyedi, Laura B ^a   Wallace, David K ^a   Freedman, Sharon F ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548706050     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2007.06.004     Document Type: Article

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