Corneal hydration monitored by laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 655-660

  Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^a   Ginis, Harilaos S ^a   Kounis, Georgios A ^a   Anglos, Demetrios ^b   Papazoglou, Theodore G ^b   Naoumidis, Leonidas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE; WATER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EDEMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; OPTICS; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED DYE LASER; RABBIT; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 0031678530     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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