Factors affecting corneal strip stroma-to-stroma adhesion

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 460-462

  Perez, Edward P ^a   Viramontes, Blanca ^b   Schor, Paulo ^c   Miller, David ^b,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMICAL BOND; CORNEA; CORNEA STROMA; FORCE; HEAT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRATION; KERATOMILEUSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031853486     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/1081-597x-19980701-13     Document Type: Article

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