Measuring corneal clouding in patients suffering from mucopolysaccharidosis with the Pentacam densitometry programme

British Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 829-833

  Elflein, H M ^a   Hofherr, T ^a   Berisha Ramadani, F ^a   Weyer, V ^b   Lampe, C ^a   Beck, M ^a   Pitz, S ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CATARACT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA HAZE; CORNEA OPACITY; DENSITOMETRY; EYE EDEMA; EYE FUNDUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOPLASTY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MALE; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSIS; OPTIC DISK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA DYSTROPHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

CORNEA; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS/INVESTIGATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORNEAL OPACITY; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOPOLYSACCHARIDOSES; PHOTOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879420279     PISSN: 00071161     EISSN: 14682079     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bjophthalmol-2012-302913     Document Type: Article

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