Comparing corneal variables in healthy subjects and patients with primary open-angle glaucoma

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 3683-3688

  Saenz Frances, Federico ^a   Garcia Feijó, Julian ^a   Jañez, Luis ^a   Borrego Sanz, Lara ^a   de la Casa, Jose M Martinez ^a   Fernandez Vidal, Ana ^a   Mendez Hernández, Carmen ^a   Santos Bueso, Enrique ^a   Reche Frutos, Juan ^a   Garcia Sánchez, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; KERATOMETRY; LENS POWER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPEN ANGLE GLAUCOMA; PACHYMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; ECHOGRAPHY; GONIOSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANTHROPOMETRY; AREA UNDER CURVE; CORNEA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; GLAUCOMA, OPEN-ANGLE; GONIOSCOPY; HUMANS; ROC CURVE; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 80051777443     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: 15525783     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-6660     Document Type: Article

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