Phototherapeutic keratectomy for macular corneal dystrophy

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 481-484

  Wagoner, Michael D ^a,b   Badr, Ihsan A ^a  

^a KING KHALED EYE SPECIALIST HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL CORNEA DYSTROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA EROSION; HAZE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; KERATOPLASTY, PENETRATING; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0032770091     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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