Phototherapeutic smoothing as an adjunct to photorefractive keratectomy in porcine corneas

Journal of Refractive Surgery

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 331-333

  Horgan, Simon E ^a,c   McLaughlin Borlace, Louise ^b   Stevens, Julian D ^a   Munro, Peter M G ^b  

^a MOORFIELDS EYE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXCIMER LASER; KERATECTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SWINE;

EID: 0033060176     PISSN: 1081597X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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