Reduction in corneal volume with severity of keratoconus

Current Eye Research

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 522-527

  Mannion, Luisa Simo ^a   Tromans, Cindy ^b   O'Donnell, Clare ^b  

^a DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cornea; Keratoconus; Pentacam; Scheimpflug; Volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; CORNEA VOLUME; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MALE; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CORNEA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KERATOCONUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 79956289718     PISSN: 02713683     EISSN: 14602202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02713683.2011.553306     Document Type: Article

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