Natural history of corneal topography after excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2197-2206

  Abbas, Ume Lubna ^c   Hersh, Peter S ^a,b  

^a Summit Technology Inc   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF OPHTHALMOLOGY AND VISUAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORNEA EPITHELIUM; EXCIMER LASER; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 0032471756     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(98)91216-7     Document Type: Article

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