Corneal biomechanical properties and their correlates with refractive error

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 12-18

  Radhakrishnan, Hema ^a   Miranda, Marco A ^a   O'Donnell, Clare ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corneal biomechanics; Corneal hysteresis; Corneal resistance factor; Intraocular pressure; Myopia; Ocular Response Analyser

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REFRACTION ERROR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855185539     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2011.00696.x     Document Type: Article

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