Quantification of stromal thinning, epithelial thickness, and corneal haze after photorefractive keratectomy using in vivo confocal microscopy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 360-368

  Moller Pedersen, T ^a   Vogel, M ^a   Hong Fang Li, ^a   Petroll, W M ^a   Cavanagh, H D ^a   Jester, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA STROMA; CORNEA THICKNESS; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KERATECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0030985492     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(97)30307-8     Document Type: Article

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