Keratometry measurements, corneal astigmatism and irregularity in a normal population: The Tehran Eye Study

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 800-805

  KhabazKhoob, Mehdi ^a   Hashemi, Hassan ^a,b   Yazdani, Kamran ^c   Mehravaran, Shiva ^b   Yekta, AbbasAli ^d   Fotouhi, Akbar ^c  

^a NOOR EYE HOSPITAL   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross sectional study; Keratometry; Orbscan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; KERATOMETRY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CORNEAL WAVEFRONT ABERRATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958565005     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2010.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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