In vivo confocal microscopy after photorefractive keratectomy in humans: A prospective, long-term study

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1425-1431

  Frueh, Beatrice E ^a,b   Cadez, Robin ^a   Böhnke, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTACT LENS; CORNEA; CORNEA CELL; CORNEA ENDOTHELIUM; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLIT LAMP; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031798435     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.116.11.1425     Document Type: Article

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