Interocular differences of the Pentacam measurements in normal subjects

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 26-30

  Falavarjani, Khalil Ghasemi ^a   Modarres, Mehdi ^a   Joshaghani, Mahmoud ^a   Azadi, Pejvak ^a   Afshar, Arash Ehteshami ^a   Hodjat, Parsa ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Interocular asymmetry; Keratometry; Keratorefractive surgery; Pachymetry; Pentacam Scheimpflug camera

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CORNEA; CYTOLOGY; DRUG CONTRAINDICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; IRAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUE; REFRACTIVE SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOTOGRAPHY; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 75149125220     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2009.00446.x     Document Type: Article

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