Visual performance after photorefractive keratectomy: A prospective study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1465-1472

  Verdon, Wayne ^a,b,c   Bullimore, Mark ^c,d,e   Maloney, Robert K ^a,b,e  

^a JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Summit Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0029960641     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140663003     Document Type: Article

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