American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12.e1 , January 2006

Comparison of Three Methods of Measuring Corneal Thickness and Anterior Chamber Depth

  • Wolf Buehl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Danijela Stojanac, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Stefan Sacu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • ,
  • Wolfgang Drexler, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Physics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • W.D. is a consultant for Carl Zeiss Meditec (Jena, Germany).
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  • Oliver Findl, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
    • Corresponding Author InformationInquiries to Oliver Findl, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Medical University of Vienna, Währinger Gürtel 18-20, 1090 Wien, Austria; fax: +43-1-40400-7881

,Accepted 22 August 2005.

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PII: S0002-9394(05)00971-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ajo.2005.08.048

American Journal of Ophthalmology
Volume 141, Issue 1 , Pages 7-12.e1 , January 2006

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