Investigation of corneal ablation efficiency using ultraviolet 213-nm solid state laser pulses

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2752-2756

  Dair, Geoffrey T ^a,b   Pelouch, Wayne S ^a   Van Saarloos, Paul P ^a   Lloyd, Darren J ^a   Paz Linares, Simone M ^a   Reinholz, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LIONS EYE INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTIVE KERATOPLASTY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CORNEA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; SWINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 0032865304     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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