The comparative study of two recently developed A-scan devices: Determination of central corneal thickness, anterior chamber depth and axial length

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-48

  Sohajda, Zoltán ^a   Papp, Júlia ^a   Berta, András ^a   Módis, László ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Contact method; Pachymetry; Ultrasound biometry

Indexed keywords

A SCAN; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; ULTRASOUND; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; CORNEA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 39349105154     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 16000420     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0420.2007.00994.x     Document Type: Article

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