Excimer Laser Phototherapeutic Keratectomy: Indications, Results and its Role in the Indian Scenario

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 167-172

  Rao, Srinivas K ^a   Fogla, Rajesh ^a   Seethalakshmi, G ^a   Padmanabhan, Prema ^a  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Excimer laser; Phototherapeutic keratectomy; Results

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORNEA DISEASE; CORNEA OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PHOTOREFRACTIVE KERATECTOMY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CICATRIX; CORNEAL DISEASES; CORNEAL OPACITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; KERATECTOMY, PHOTOREFRACTIVE, EXCIMER LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033187278     PISSN: 03014738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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