Photorefractive keratectomy and laser in situ keratomileusis for myopia between 6.00 and 10.00 diopters

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 417-421

  Helmy, Sherif A ^a,b   Salah, Ayman ^a   Badawy, Tarek T ^a   Sidky, Ahmed N ^a  

^a Egyptian Amer Vis Correction Ctr   (Egypt)

^b Egyptian Amer Vis Correction Ctr   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; SCAR FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; METHODS; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REFRACTION, OCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029938968     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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