Laser in situ keratomileusis to correct myopia of -6.00 to -29.00 diopters

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 575-584

  Knorz, Michael C ^a,b   Liermann, Andreas ^a   Seiberth, Volker ^a   Steiner, Holger ^a   Wiesinger, Bettina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; KERATOTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TRANSPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REOPERATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029841317     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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