The relationship of Central Corneal Thickness (CCT) to Thinnest Central Cornea (TCC) in healthy adults

Contact Lens and Anterior Eye

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 64-67

  Ashwin, Pammal T ^a,b   Shah, Sunil ^a   Pushpoth, Sreekumari ^b   Wehbeh, Louai ^a   Ilango, Balasubramaniam ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central; Cornea; Location; Thickness; Thinnest

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BIOMICROSCOPY; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60749123573     PISSN: 13670484     EISSN: 14765411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clae.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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