Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 257-262 , December 2006

The use of the Reichert ocular response analyser to establish the relationship between ocular hysteresis, corneal resistance factor and central corneal thickness in normal eyes

  • Sunil Shah

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Solihull, UK
    • Ophthalmic Research Group Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
    • Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Heart of England Foundation Trust, Lode Lane, Solihull, West Midlands B91 2JL, UK. Tel.: +44 121 424 4074; fax: +44 121 424 5462.
    • ,
  • Mohammed Laiquzzaman

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Solihull, UK
    • ,
  • Ian Cunliffe

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Solihull, UK
    • Ophthalmic Research Group Neurosciences Research Institute, Aston University, Birmingham, UK
    • Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, UK
    • ,
  • Sanjay Mantry

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Solihull, UK
    • Birmingham and Midland Eye Centre, Birmingham, UK

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PII: S1367-0484(06)00131-7

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2006.09.006

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 29, Issue 5 , Pages 257-262 , December 2006

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