Prospective comparison of single-zone and multizone laser in situ keratomileusis for the correction of low myopia

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1504-1511

  Carr, Jonathan D ^a,b   Stulting, R Doyle ^a   Sano, Yuta ^a   Thompson, Keith P ^a   Wiley, Wendy ^a   Waring III, George O ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY EYE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATOMILEUSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NOMOGRAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031737705     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)98037-X     Document Type: Article

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