Management and treatment of central steep islands after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 715-720

  Castillo, Alfredo ^a   Romero, Francisco ^b   Martin Valverde, Jose A ^b   Diaz Valle, David ^a   Toledano, Nicolas ^a   Sayagues, Octavio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE MÓSTOLES   (Spain)

^b Ctro Laser la Miopia y Astigmatismo   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029763182     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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