Cornea biomechanical characteristics and their correlates with refractive error in Singaporean children

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3852-3857

  Lim, Laurence ^a,b   Gazzard, Gus ^a,b,c   Chan, Yiong Huak ^d   Fong, Allan ^a,b   Kotecha, Aachal ^c   Sim, Ee Ling ^a   Tan, Donald ^a,b   Tong, Louis ^a,b   Saw, Seang Mei ^a,d  

^a SINGAPORE EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE NATIONAL EYE CENTRE   (Singapore)

^c MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTOKERATOREFRACTOMETER; BIOMETRY; BIOMICROSCOPY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BODY WEIGHT; BOWMAN MEMBRANE; CENTRAL CORNEAL THICKNESS; CHILD; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA BIOMECHANICAL PARAMETER; CORNEA CURVATURE; CORNEA PERMEABILITY; CORNEAL HYSTERESIS; CORNEAL RESISTANCE FACTOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ETHNICITY; EYE AXIS LENGTH; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; INDIAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REFRACTION ERROR; REFRACTOMETER; REICHERT OCULAR RESPONSE ANALYSER; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SINGAPORE; THICKNESS; TONOMETER; ULTRASOUND; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; BLINKING; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; HISTOLOGY; INTRAOCULAR HYPERTENSION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOMATION; BIOMECHANICS; BLINKING; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OCULAR HYPERTENSION; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 53149120317     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.07-1670     Document Type: Article

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