Assessment of central corneal thickness in normal, keratoconus, and post-laser in situ keratomileusis eyes using Scheimpflug imaging, spectral domain optical coherence tomography, and ultrasound pachymetry

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 954-964

  Grewal, Dilraj S ^a   Brar, Gagandeep S ^a   Grewal, Satinder P S ^a  

^a Grewal Eye Institute   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SCHEIMPFLUG IMAGING; ULTRASOUND PACHYMETRY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; LASERS, EXCIMER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952483677     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2009.12.033     Document Type: Article

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