SD-OCT analysis of regional epithelial thickness profiles in keratoconus, postoperative corneal ectasia, and normal eyes

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 173-179

  Rocha, Karolinne Maia ^a   Perez Straziota, Claudia E ^b   Stulting, R Doyle ^c   Randleman, J Bradley ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Woolfson Eye Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTERIOR EYE SEGMENT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA THICKNESS; CROSS LINKING; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY;

CORNEAL PACHYMETRY; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; EPITHELIAL CELLS; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE;

EID: 84875579644     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: 19382391     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081597X-20130129-08     Document Type: Article

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