Correlation of subepithelial haze and refractive regression 1 month after photorefractive keratectomy for myopia

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 338-342

  Siganos, Dimitrios S ^a   Katsanevaki, Vikentia J ^b   Pallikaris, Ioannis G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA OPACITY; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CORNEA; CORNEAL OPACITY; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; DEXAMETHASONE; EPITHELIUM, CORNEAL; FEMALE; FLUOROMETHOLONE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MYOPIA; OPHTHALMIC SOLUTIONS; REFRACTION, OCULAR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033021103     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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