Hyperopia correction by noncontact holmium:YAG laser thermal keratoplasty: Clinical study with two-year follow-up

Ophthalmology

Volumn 103, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 731-740

  Koch, D D ^a   Abarca, A ^a   Villarreal, R ^a   Menefee, R ^a   Kohnen, T ^a   Vassiliadis, A ^a   Berry, M ^a  

^a CULLEN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOMETRY; KERATOPLASTY; MALE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029869539     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(96)30622-2     Document Type: Article

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