Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 113-120 , January 2009

Intraobserver and interobserver repeatability of curvature and aberrometric measurements of the posterior corneal surface in normal eyes using Scheimpflug photography

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 29 September 2008 ,Accepted 2 October 2008.

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

 Supported in part by a grant from the Spanish Ministry of Health, Instituto Carlos III, Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud Patología Ocular del Envejecimiento, Calidad Visual y Calidad de Vida, Subproyecto de Calidad Visual (RD07/0062)

PII: S0886-3350(08)00983-8

doi: 10.1016/j.jcrs.2008.10.010

Journal of Cataract & Refractive Surgery
Volume 35, Issue 1 , Pages 113-120 , January 2009

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