Visual performance after photorefractive keratectomy with a 6-mm ablation zone

American Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-7

  Bullimore, Mark A ^a   Olson, Michael D ^b   Maloney, Robert K ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JULES STEIN EYE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CORNEA OPACITY; EXCIMER LASER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0033015152     PISSN: 00029394     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9394(99)00077-X     Document Type: Article

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