Photorefractive keratectomy for hyperopia using an erodible disc and axicon lens: 2-year results

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 504-511

  Carones, Francesco ^a   Brancato, Rosario ^a,b   Morico, Alessandro ^a   Vigo, Luca ^a   Venturi, Elisabetta ^a   Gobbi, Pier Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERMETROPIA; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYPEROPIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031712549     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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