Bilateral corneal infection as a complications of laser in situ keratomileusis

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1593-1594

  Watanabe, Hitoshi ^a,b   Sato, Shigeru ^a   Maeda, Naoyuki ^a   Inoue, Yoshitsugu ^a   Shimomura, Yoshikazu ^a   Tano, Yasuo ^a  

^a Medical School ^*

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHENUM; CILASTATIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KERATITIS; KERATOMILEUSIS; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOPICAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031469090     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1997.01100160763019     Document Type: Article

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