The effect of altitude on radial keratotomy

Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Şimşek, Şaban ^a   Demirok, Ahmet ^a   Çinal, Adnan ^a   Yaşar, Tekin ^a   Yilmaz, Ö Faruk ^a  

^a YUZUNCU YIL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Altitude; Radial keratotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORNEA; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; NOMOGRAM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL KERATOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0032029176     PISSN: 00215155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-5155(97)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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