The effect of excimer laser photorefractive keratectomy for myopia on nerve fiber layer thickness measurements as determined by scanning laser polarimetry

Ophthalmology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1019-1023

  Choplin, Neil T ^a   Schallhorn, Steven C ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTERIOR EYE CHAMBER; ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; EXCIMER LASER; EYE REFRACTION; HUMAN; KERATECTOMY; MYOPIA; POLARIMETER; POLARIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFRACTION ERROR; RETINA NERVE CELL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033505568     PISSN: 01616420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0161-6420(99)00527-8     Document Type: Article

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