Treatment of mild to moderate keratoconus with laser in situ keratomileusis

Journal of Cataract and Refractive Surgery

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1600-1609

  Buzard, Kurt A ^a,b,c   Tuengler, Andreas ^b   Febbraro, Jean Luc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Buzard Eye Institute   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENZYME STABILITY; HUMAN; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMETRY; KERATOMILEUSIS; PENETRATING KERATOPLASTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; CORNEA; CORNEAL TOPOGRAPHY; HUMANS; KERATOCONUS; KERATOMILEUSIS, LASER IN SITU; MIDDLE AGED; MYOPIA; REFRACTION, OCULAR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033485540     PISSN: 08863350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0886-3350(99)00284-9     Document Type: Article

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