Hyperopia correction by noncontact holmium: YAG laser thermal keratoplasty: Five-pulse treatments with 1-year follow-up

Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Volumn 235, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 702-708

  Kohnen, Thomas ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENERGY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATOPLASTY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; LASER COAGULATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030714073     PISSN: 0721832X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01880669     Document Type: Article

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