Corneal biomechanical evaluation in healthy thin corneas compared with matched keratoconus cases

Arquivos Brasileiros de Oftalmologia

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-16

  Fontes, Bruno Machado ^a   Ambrósio Jr , Renato ^b   Velarde, Guillermo Coca ^c   Nosé, Walton ^a,d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Brazilian Society of Ophthalmology Administration SBAO   (Brazil)

^c FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSIDADE METROPOLITANA DE SANTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biomechanics physiology; Cornea physiology; Corneal diseases; Diagnostic techniques; Keratoconus; Ophthalmological

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; ELASTIC TISSUE; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 79959286471     PISSN: 00042749     EISSN: 16782925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-27492011000100003     Document Type: Article

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