Corneal elevation and thickness in relation to the refractive status measured with the Pentacam Scheimpflug system

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1900-1905

  Uçakhan, Ömür Ö ^a   Gesoǧlu, Pelin ^a   Özkan, Muhip ^a   Kanpolat, Ayfer ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOMETRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTERIOR CHAMBER; ASTIGMATISM; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55649108186     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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