Comparison of mechanical and transepithelial debridement during photorefractive keratectomy

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 483-489

  Clinch, Thomas E ^a   Moshirfar, Majid ^a,c   Weis, Jeffrey R ^a   Ahn, Charles S ^a   Hutchinson, Craig B ^b   Jeffrey, Julia H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b Micro Works   (United States)

^c Moran Vision Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTIGMATISM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DEBRIDEMENT; EXCIMER LASER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KERATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MYOPIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 0033497417     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)90135-5     Document Type: Article

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