Photorefractive keratectomy: A 6-year follow-up study

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 273-281

  Stephensan, Christopher G ^a   Gartry, David S ^b   O'Brart, David P S ^a   Kerr Muir, Malcolm G ^c   Marshall, John ^a,d  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Summit Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXCIMER LASER; HAZE; HUMAN; INTRAOCULAR PRESSURE; KERATOTOMY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031889649     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)93055-X     Document Type: Article

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