Excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for high myopia and myopic astigmatism

Ophthalmic Surgery and Lasers

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 442-448

  Gabrieli, Corrado Balacco ^a   Pacella, Elena ^a   Abdolrahimzadeh, Solmaz ^a   Regine, Federico ^a   Mollo, Roberto ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; HIGH MYOPIA; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; KERATOMETRY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033003426     PISSN: 10823069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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