Scanning laser polarimetry in corneal haze after excimer laser refractive surgery

Journal of Glaucoma

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 359-362

  Holló, Gábor ^a   Nagymihály, Attila ^a   Vargha, Péter ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Corneal haze; Excimer laser refractive surgery; Scanning laser polarimetry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; EXCIMER LASER; HAZE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MEASUREMENT; NERVE FIBER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; THICKNESS;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, OPHTHALMOLOGICAL; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; LASERS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS; OPTIC NERVE; REFRACTIVE ERRORS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETINA;

EID: 0031474376     PISSN: 10570829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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