New method for reshaping the cornea

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 106-114

  Littlefield, Timothy R ^a,d   Koepnick, Russell G ^a   Binder, Perry S ^b   Geggel, Harry S ^c  

^a Phoenix Keratek Inc   (United States)

^b National Vision Research Institute   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Cranial Technologies Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Cornea; Lamellar; Lenticular; Microkeratome; Refractive surgery

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000184358     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/12.260020     Document Type: Article

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