Corneal thickness in a population-based, cross-sectional study: The tehran eye study

Cornea

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 395-400

  Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Yazdani, Kamran ^b,c   Mehravaran, Shiva ^b   Khabazkhoob, Mehdi ^b   Mohammad, Kazem ^c   Parsafar, Hiva ^d   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Corneal thickness; Cross sectional; Orbscan, population based; Pachymetry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER DEPTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; REFRACTION ERROR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION GROUPS;

EID: 67650645787     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31818c4d62     Document Type: Article

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