Ablation of vitreous tissue with erbium:YAG laser

Investigative Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1025-1032

  Krause, Matthias ^a,c   Steeb, Diana ^b   Foth, Hans Jochen ^b   Weindler, Josef ^a   Ruprecht, Klaus Wilhelm ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ARTICLE; CATARACT; ERBIUM YAG LASER; EVAPORATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VITRECTOMY; VITREOUS BODY; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 0032955639     PISSN: 01460404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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