Computerized corneal tomography and associated features in a large New Zealand keratoconic population

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1493-1501

  Jordan, Charlotte A ^a,b   Zamri, Azra ^a   Wheeldon, Catherine ^a,b   Patel, Dipika V ^a,b   Johnson, Richard ^b   McGhee, Charles N J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ETHNICITY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABINOWITZ CLASSIFICATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960587046     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: 18734502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2011.03.040     Document Type: Article

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