Central corneal thickness in children with congenital cataract and children with surgical aphakia: A case-control study

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 337-341

  Lupinacci, A P C ^a,c   Da Silva Jordao M L ^a   Massa, G ^a   Arieta, C E L ^a   Costa, V P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APHAKIA; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CENTRAL CORNEA THICKNESS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONGENITAL CATARACT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; OPTOMETRY; PACHOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; APHAKIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATARACT; CATARACT EXTRACTION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 61749094713     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2008.137596     Document Type: Article

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