Comparison between central corneal thickness measurements by oculus pentacam and ultrasonic pachymetry

International Ophthalmology

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-338

  Al Mezaine, Hani S ^a   Al Amro, Saleh A ^a   Kangave, Dustan ^a   Sadaawy, Abdulkareem ^b   Wehaib, Taher A ^b   Al Obeidan, Saleh ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b The Eye Consultants Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Agreement; Corneal thickness; Pachymetry; Pentacam; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAMERA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NORMAL HUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SAUDI ARABIA; ULTRASOUND;

CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

EID: 52749095432     PISSN: 01655701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10792-007-9143-9     Document Type: Article

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