Variability in corneal thickness before, during, and after radial keratotomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 700-704

  Terry, Mark A ^a,b   Ousley, Paula J ^b  

^a DEVERS EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LEGACY GOOD SAMARITAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA THICKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY;

CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATOTOMY, RADIAL; MALE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0029778851     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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