Corneal Biomechanical Metrics and Anterior Segment Parameters in Mild Keratoconus

Ophthalmology

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 673-679

  Fontes, Bruno M ^a,b,c   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^c,d   Jardim, Daniela ^d   Velarde, Guillermo C ^e   Nosé, Walton ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Centro de Microcirurgia and Diagnóstico   (Brazil)

^c REFRACTA RIO   (Brazil)

^d Renato Ambrosio Eye Institute   (Brazil)

^e FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA THICKNESS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYSTERESIS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; R FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ASTIGMATISM; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949655586     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ophtha.2009.09.023     Document Type: Article

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