Excimer laser refractive surgery

Western Journal of Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 30-38

  Manche, Edward E ^a   Carr, Jonathan D ^b   Haw, Weldon W ^a   Hersh, Peter S ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REFRACTION ERROR; REVIEW;

HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE ERRORS;

EID: 0032109335     PISSN: 00930415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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