Corneal topography after selective suture removal for astigmatism following keratoplasty

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Goren, Matthew B ^a,b   Dana, Mohamad Reza ^a   Rapuano, Christopher J ^a   Gomes, Jose A P ^a   Cohen, Elisabeth J ^a   Laibson, Peter R ^a  

^a WILLS EYE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Two Prudential Plaza ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; KERATOPLASTY; KERATOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SUTURE TECHNIQUES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0030901504     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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