Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1295-1299 , August 2008

Two-year interval changes in Orbscan II topography in eyes with keratoconus

  • Afsun Sahin, MD
    • ,
  • Nilgun Yildirim, MD

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Nilgun Yildirim, MD, Professor of Ophthalmology, Eskisehir Osmangazi University Hospital, Department of Ophthalmology, Eskisehir, Turkey.
    • ,
  • Hikmet Basmak, MD

,Accepted 12 April 2008.

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 No author has a financial or proprietary interest in any material or method mentioned.

 Presented in part at the annual meeting of the Association for Research and Vision in Ophthalmology, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, May 2006.

PII: S0886-3350(08)00436-7

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.04.016

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1295-1299 , August 2008

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