Late onset of haze associated with viral keratoconjunctivitis following photorefractive keratectomy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 147-151

  Pineda, Roberto ^a   Talamo, Jonathan H ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY   (United States)

^b Cornea Departments ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORNEA OPACITY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL STROMA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; EYE INFECTIONS, VIRAL; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOCONJUNCTIVITIS; MYOPIA; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031918855     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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