Central and peripheral corneal thinning in keratoconus

Cornea

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 257-261

  Brautaset, Rune L ^a   Nilsson, Maria ^a   Miller, William L ^b   Leach, Norman E ^b   Tukler, Johanna H ^b   Bergmanson, Jan P G ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

corneal changes; corneal thickness; keratoconus; Orbscan; Visante OCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA THICKNESS; CORNEA THINNING; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84873997946     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: 15364798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICO.0b013e31825240d7     Document Type: Article

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