Effect of pterygium excision on induced corneal topographic abnormalities

Cornea

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-27

  Stern, George A ^a   Lin, Alison ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Astigmatism Surface Regularity Index; Corneal topography; Pterygium; Pterygium surgery; SurfaceAsymmetry Index

Indexed keywords

ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA DISEASE; EXCISION; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTERYGIUM; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOPOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PTERYGIUM; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0031974193     PISSN: 02773740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003226-199801000-00004     Document Type: Review

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