The effect of corneal thickness on intraocular pressure measurement in patients with corneal pathology

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1395-1399

  Browning, A C ^a   Bhan, A ^a   Rotchford, A P ^a   Shah, S ^a,b   Dua, Harminder S ^a  

^a QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONOMETER;

AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; FEMALE; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOCONUS; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TONOMETRY, OCULAR;

EID: 7044264342     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjo.2003.037887     Document Type: Article

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