Biomechanical properties of the cornea measured by the Ocular Response Analyzer and their association with intraocular pressure and the central corneal curvature

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 469-475

  Franco, Sandra ^a   Lira, Madalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biomechanical properties; Corneal curvature; Corneal thickness; Intraocular pressure

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCULOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TONOMETRY, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350442787     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2009.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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