Corneal epithelial thickness profile in the diagnosis of keratoconus

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Gobbe, Marine ^a  

^a LONDON VISION CLINIC   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER NATIONAL D OPHTALMOLOGIE DES QUINZE VINGTS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CORNEAL EPITHELIAL THICKNESS; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THICKNESS; TOPOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

ADULT; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651036588     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20090610-06     Document Type: Article

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