The relationship between the sagitta of the anterior corneal surface and refractive error of the eye

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 81, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 636-639

  Garner, Leon F ^a   Owens, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Corneal topography; Orthokeratology; Refraction

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; LASER ABLATION; LASER SURGERY; OPTOMETERS; REFRACTION; VISION;

CORNEA; OCULAR REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE ERROR;

EYE PROTECTION;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; LASER SURGERY; LENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TOPOGRAPHY;

CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 4143074823     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000141798.41340.8b     Document Type: Article

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