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Corneal elevation indices and pachymetry values of Saudi myopes using scheimpflug imaging

Norah K. Alsaif, Eman M. Al-Sharif, Sarah K. Alsaif, Ahmed Mousa and Abdulrahman M. Al-Muammar
Saudi Medical Journal February 2020, 41 (2) 168-176; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.2.24876
Norah K. Alsaif
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Alsaif ), King Fahad Medical City, from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif, Alsaif, Al-Muammar), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif ), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from Nourseen Charity Foundation for Community Ophthalmology (Mousa), Cairo, Egypt
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Eman M. Al-Sharif
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Alsaif ), King Fahad Medical City, from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif, Alsaif, Al-Muammar), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif ), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from Nourseen Charity Foundation for Community Ophthalmology (Mousa), Cairo, Egypt
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Sarah K. Alsaif
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Alsaif ), King Fahad Medical City, from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif, Alsaif, Al-Muammar), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif ), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from Nourseen Charity Foundation for Community Ophthalmology (Mousa), Cairo, Egypt
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Ahmed Mousa
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Alsaif ), King Fahad Medical City, from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif, Alsaif, Al-Muammar), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif ), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from Nourseen Charity Foundation for Community Ophthalmology (Mousa), Cairo, Egypt
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Abdulrahman M. Al-Muammar
From the Department of Ophthalmology (Alsaif ), King Fahad Medical City, from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif, Alsaif, Al-Muammar), Collage of Medicine, King Saud University, and from the Department of Ophthalmology (Al-Sharif ), College of Medicine, Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; and from Nourseen Charity Foundation for Community Ophthalmology (Mousa), Cairo, Egypt
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Norah K. Alsaif, Eman M. Al-Sharif, Sarah K. Alsaif, Ahmed Mousa, Abdulrahman M. Al-Muammar
Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2020, 41 (2) 168-176; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.2.24876

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Saudi Medical Journal Feb 2020, 41 (2) 168-176; DOI: 10.15537/smj.2020.2.24876
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