Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 147-153 , June 2008

A 10-year follow up of ocular hypertensive patients within the Bolton Corneal Thickness Study: Can measured factors predict prognostic outcomes?

  • Neel Bhatt

      Affiliations

    • Bolton Royal Infirmary, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR, United Kingdom
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  • Rajan Bhojwani

      Affiliations

    • Bolton Royal Infirmary, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 7741065722.
    • ,
  • Anne Morrison

      Affiliations

    • Bolton Royal Infirmary, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Jeff Kwartz

      Affiliations

    • Bolton Royal Infirmary, Minerva Road, Farnworth, Bolton BL4 0JR, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Mohammad Laiquzzaman

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2AW, United Kingdom
    • Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Sunil Shah

      Affiliations

    • Heart of England Foundation Trust, Lode Lane, Solihull, B91 2AW, United Kingdom
    • Birmingham & Midland Eye Centre, Dudley Road, Birmingham B18 7QH, United Kingdom

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 Accepted at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) Annual Meeting, May, 2006.

PII: S1367-0484(08)00002-7

doi: 10.1016/j.clae.2007.12.003

Contact Lens & Anterior Eye
Volume 31, Issue 3 , Pages 147-153 , June 2008

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