Eye infections after refractive keratotomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 148-155

  Jain, Sandeep ^a   Azar, Dimitri T ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KERATITIS; KERATOTOMY; MALE; MYCOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CONTACT LENSES; EYE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; TIME FACTORS; VISION;

EID: 0030045612     PISSN: 08830444     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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