Corneal optical aberrations induced by photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 246-254

  Oliver, Katherine M ^a   Hemenger, Richard P ^b   Corbett, Melanie C ^c,d   O'Brart, David P S ^c   Verma, Seema ^c   Marshall, John ^c,e   Tomlinson, Alan ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Summit Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MODULATION TRANSFER FUNCTION; MYOPIA; OPTICS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUPIL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CORNEA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031011089     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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