Comparison of corneal epithelial and stromal thickness distributions between eyes with keratoconus and healthy eyes with corneal astigmatism ≥2.0 D

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Wen ^a   Stojanovic, Aleksandar ^a,b  

^a SynsLaser Kirurgi AS   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; MALE; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY DEVICE; SPECTRAL DOMAIN OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; CORNEA; MIDDLE AGED; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, OPTICAL COHERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900324688     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085994     Document Type: Article

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