Biomechanical investigation of corneal stability after PRK;Biomechanische Untersuchung der Hornhautstabilitat nach photorefraktiver Keratektomie

Ophthalmologe

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 109-113

  Böhm, Andreas ^a   Kohlhaas, Markus ^a   Lerche, Ralf Christian ^a   Hjortdal, Jesper O ^b   Ehlers, Niels ^b   Draeger, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b Universitäts Augenklinik Arhus   (Denmark)

Author keywords

biomechanics; corneal stability; PRK

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MYOPIA; ADULT; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADULT; BIOMECHANICS; CORNEA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFRACTION, OCULAR;

EID: 0031063862     PISSN: 0941293X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003470050090     Document Type: Article

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