Increased corneal scarring after phototherapeutic keratectomy in Fuchs' corneal dystrophy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 308-310

  Alaa, Mohammed ^a   Waring III, George O ^b,c   Malaty, Amin ^a   Grossniklaus, Hans ^b  

^a El Maghraby Eye Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Summit Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CORNEA EDEMA; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA INJURY; CORNEA STROMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAR; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

CICATRIX; CORNEA; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL EDEMA; DESCEMET MEMBRANE; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FUCHS' ENDOTHELIAL DYSTROPHY; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REOPERATION;

EID: 0030959026     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (3)

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