Epithelial, stromal, and total corneal thickness in keratoconus: Three-dimensional display with artemis very-high frequency digital ultrasound

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 259-271

  Reinstein, Dan Z ^a,b,c,d   Gobbe, Marine ^a   Archer, Timothy J ^a   Silverman, Ronald H ^c,e   Coleman, Jackson ^c  

^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)

^e RIVERSIDE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; ECHOOCULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CORNEA; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOCONUS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951062787     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20100218-01     Document Type: Article

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